Comic Quote by Ricky Gervais

Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic…

— Katharine Hepburn

To be a comic, you must reveal yourself in your most grotesque nudity. And it's only then, when the truth gets told, when the…

— Melissa Leo

I think that the tendency for most people is to fall back on a comic interpretation of things because things are so sad, so…

— Woody Allen

Any comic is a tragic soul. Comedy is one of the things that allows one to survive. Particularly if one has been in the…

— Twyla Tharp

To be comic is merely to be playful, but wit is a serious matter. To laugh at it is to confess that you do…

— Ambrose Bierce

People find the humor in life all the time. And you have to in order to make it through real life. Like, some things…

— Jason Mitchell

That's why our comics are important: they're pointing things out and laughing at the same time. There have been horrible, horrible times in history.…

— Lynne Tillman

There are many different ways of being funny. I'm not sure that there's so many different ways of being dramatic.

— Isabelle Huppert

If you record the world honestly, there's no way people can stop being funny. A lot of fiction writing doesn't get that idea, as…

— Lorrie Moore

I don't feel bad about the fact that I notice if a lot of people laugh at a comic, and think, 'That worked; I'll…

— Randall Munroe

Within any drama in anyone's life, there's always a way to find the humor in it. Without humor no one cares about whatever drama…

— Elizabeth Reaser

People find it hard to be both comic and serious, though life manages it easily enough.

— Mignon McLaughlin