Comedy Quote by Woody Allen

I learned how to write television scripts the same way I have learned to do almost everything else in my entire life, which is…

— Amy Bloom

I had to learn a skill set. I think I had the materials to be a good comedy writer.

— Mindy Kaling

I've learned a lot from doing the sitcom. I've learned so much about comedic timing. For all the movies I've done, I've played so…

— Kaitlyn Dever

I learned everything that I know about comedy and about show business and a lot about life from Carl.

— Dick Van Dyke

My father probably taught me everything I know, aside from dialogue, which I think I get from my mom a lot more. He certainly…

— John Buffalo Mailer

[At Boston College] I started working on the kinds of skills that you need for comedy. It's about being creative and learning to use…

— Amy Poehler

I actually was a writer who had the ability to perform his own work as opposed to a comedian who wrote his own material.…

— George Carlin

I wrote three years for Lucille Ball. She taught me everything I know about physical comedy...

— Garry Marshall

I learned that comedy is born out of strong characters. I won't begin writing a character until I have a clear take on them.

— Maria Semple

And writing comedy and it really taught me how to kind of like craft jokes, it sounds like weird but really focus on crafting…

— Nicholas Stoller

I was a standup comedian, which is kind of like writing and directing yourself.

— Paul Feig

By watching the great, old comedians I picked up a few tricks about how to do physical comedy. And whenever I could learn something,…

— John Cleese