Comedy Quote by Sarah Millican

I was desperate for new material, so anything I can write a joke about that works is in the act. No matter who it…

— Ron White

A joke that works is complete knowledge in a nanosecond…

— Steve Martin

There's a lot of nuances to stand-up that you definitely see when you watch someone like Chris Rock in that his body position is…

— Michelle Wolf

When a joke works, it works. It can make a point in a really simple way; it can be a great little sound bite…

— Jon Lovett

I want to know why people are getting laughs. Why this joke works and why that one didn't work. It all comes back to…

— Dolph Ziggler

You can't practice stand-up alone in your room. You can't find out if a joke works by asking two of your friends.

— Taylor Tomlinson

I like writing a joke, and I like when a joke works, and I like other comics who tell jokes.

— Dave Attell

You don't want to just do a joke because it works - we can make a lot of jokes work - you want to…

— Stephen Colbert

Once you do a joke and it works it's only good for so long, like shooting fish in a barrel.

— Bill Burr

Stand-up comedy is what I do, and it's so rewarding. If you write a joke and tell it to an audience of 15,000 people…

— Michael McIntyre

I loved the idea that I could write a joke and someone else would have to take the risk of performing it.

— Judd Apatow

I could write a joke song really easily, but I think something that might be true for my generation is that there's a certain…

— Ezra Furman

I can't write a joke. I could never write. I do a lot of stories and I call them stories, but they're just comedy…

— Ron Shock

I never really feel like just standing there and telling jokes. I want to move around. In fact, it's hard for me to write…

— Chris D'Elia

If I sit down to write a joke about, whatever, the polluted Gulf of Mexico, it comes out mundane to me.

— Ron White