Curious Quote by Roger Allam

I try to find a style that matches the book. In the Baroque Cycle, I got infected with the prose style of the late…

— Neal Stephenson

Sarah Cornwell has a brilliant eye for the telling detail, and a wonderfully original way of embodying family history. I was captivated by her…

— Andrea Barrett

It was really fun and intimate in a way. Working with George Miller is exquisite. Gloria is different from anything I've ever played before.…

— Brittany Murphy

Gertrude's Secret' is highly entertaining. Some of the monologues are very funny, some very surprising and some painful.

— Prunella Scales

Fortunately, we have writers who very much respect the classic characters and the integrity of the classic characters, that are also terrific comedy writers…

— Bob Bergen

Sarah Silverman has always been a huge influence on my comedy.

— Jinkx Monsoon

I think mockumentaries are such well-trodden grounds for comedies. It has been done a lot, but it is because of that informal nature, it's…

— Natasia Demetriou

“Above them, one of the blackened television screens brightens, and there's an announcement about the in-flight movie. It's an animated film about a family…

— Jennifer E. Smith

There are no makeovers in my books. The ugly duckling does not become a beautiful swan. She becomes a confident duck able to take…

— Maeve Binchy

All the other characters are so well-rounded, and it's just frustrating because female characters aren't. It's not that they're badly written, they're just underwritten.…

— Ophelia Lovibond

I adore jokes. They're a theatrical contrivance, but the irony of all fiction is that you approach reality by avoiding it a bit; you…

— Paul Morrissey

That's the beauty of our show. Comedy or politics. We're sort of a mix. A space age polymer of both. A synthetic comedy-like material.

— Jon Stewart