Always Quote by Soon-Yi Previn

Essentially a joke is creating an idea, whether sonic or visual, whether it's something musical or a traditional joke.

— Reggie Watts

“How do jokes work? The beginning of each good one challenges you to think.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

I remember calling and asking, because I had a few lines that were like, "How could the character have done this?" and I hadn't…

— Alden Ehrenreich

Jokes are a lot about meaning. I think if we understand what jokes mean and why they work, we'd understand everything else. Genuinely I…

— John Lloyd

“Once you even acknowledge that there is a line, that there are things you shouldn’t be allowed to joke about, that there are words…

— Al Franken

And there's wordplay and there's rhythms and you have to be able to get the poetry out of it. You have to be able…

— Quentin Tarantino

It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.

— Max Eastman

You learn what can become a good joke and can be repeatable. You have a shorthand about how to introduce a joke to someone.

— Lennon Parham

I don't really know jokes. I'm just in on the joke.

— Perez Hilton

Hahahah classic 1 woody

— Anonymous

“The biggest myth about comedy is that it’s magical, unknowable, unteachable. Those who subscribe to that myth believe that the world is divided into…

— Anonymous

Jokes for jokes' sake are kind of meaningless to me. I understand the value of them, but it doesn't speak to me as much.…

— Hasan Minhaj