Far side Quote by Stephan Pastis

A comic says funny things. A comedian says things funny.

— Ed Wynn

Comics write to their point of view. If you're an exceedingly irreverent comedian, you've got to see where that point of view fits or…

— Jim Gaffigan

Any comic can get on the radio show and be funny. You can get that on any morning radio show or afternoon radio show.…

— Marc Maron

“Everything that begins as comedy ends as a comic monologue, but we aren't laughing anymore.”

— Roberto Bolaño

The humor section is the last place an author wants to be. They put your stuff next to collections of Cathy cartoons.

— David Sedaris

“Expand Your Repertoire . . . Professional humorists and comedians, like Jeanie Robertson, maintain joke files filled with assorted topics, anecdotes, and titles. When…

— Susan C. Young

You can't teach someone to be funny, but you can teach comic timing. If you listen to a good comic, you can learn how…

— Christopher Moore

There's one theory that the funnier a comic is in his act, the more mind-numbingly boring he'll be when he's not holding a microphone.

— Nick Kroll

I don't laugh out loud at comics a lot.

— Dane Cook

It has become cliché to say I laughed until I cried, but when I'm done reading one of [Kupperman's] underground comics my shirt is…

— Conan O'Brien

Funny comes in different levels. Like not looking seasoned, or not looking prepared, the way that an actual comic should look, becomes funny.

— Deon Cole

If a comic laughs at their own jokes, I don't like it. They shouldn't find it funny; they should seriously believe in this stupid…

— James Acaster