Art Quote by Travis Nichols

Artistically, I find jokes really satisfying aesthetically, because there's something great about getting an idea down to a sentence or two.

— Demetri Martin

People can write jokes five minutes after a major world event happens, and have hundreds of thousands of people read them within 10 minutes.…

— Nick Thune

I can tell how honest a joke is or how true a joke is by how fast the laughs come.

— Michael Che

A good joke provides tension, and then, release of that tension. You build the tension by saying things that are controversial. The release is…

— Greg Giraldo

I'm always looking at new ways to tell a joke so that it doesn't get stale while working on new jokes every night or…

— Bill Burr

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

There are practical things which contribute to a joke's funniness. People will find a joke funnier if they are sitting closer together, if it's…

— Ben Miller

For comedy, timing is key.

— Benjamin Stockham

Most jokes are based on surprise. They take advantage of a confusion of language, or a twist in logic, or a contradiction of some…

— Richard Herring

I think, in comedy, timing is everything. You and I could tell the same joke, but if one of our timing is off, it…

— T.I

As an actor, you can really play the intensity and gravity and seriousness of the moment, and just rely on the circumstances being funny.…

— Ed Helms

“Great short stories and great jokes have a lot in common. Both depend on what communication-theorists sometimes call “exformation,” which is a certain quantity…

— David Foster Wallace