Quotes About Humor

I hope they make a show like M*A*S*H, which dealt with a lot of difficult subject matter but was very funny.

Whatever I write, no matter how gray or dark the subject matter, it's still going to be a comic novel.

Alien Chutney is just what the name suggests it is. Its music that is so funny and quirky and weird that it feels entirely alien to the listener; yet, the content and the subject matter is so Indian and relatable, it's still chutney.

If you don't infuse humor into a subject matter, no matter how dark, the audience can't accept the message of a film. It closes them down. Humor can open them up.

'Sit Here and Cry' was one of the first songs I wrote with that overdramatic sarcastic dry sense of humor, which is why the energy of the song doesn't necessarily reflect the subject matter.

My first draft of Marvel Knights 'Black Panther' was not funny at all. They smartly rejected the entire script and counseled me to inject liberal doses of humor into very serious subject matter.

Comedy's really subjective, you know; that's why it's so hard.

Comedy isn't subjective like music. You either get the laughs or you don't.

Comedy's really subjective, you know.

I never defend my material. Comedy is subjective.

Comedy's so subjective, and if someone comes to watch, doesn't get it, doesn't find it funny, then fine.

Comedy is subjective, and any joke can be funny.

Comedy is subjective.

Comedy is subjective, so if you don't like it, that's fine.

Humor is a very personal, subjective thing.

In comedy, it's so subjective; there is no right or wrong.

I'm open to writing just about anything. I love writing the books that I write. They do tend to be on dark subjects, but I don't think of myself necessarily as a dark-humored person. I like having a lot of fun.

I think it's funny to be delicate with subjects that are explosive.

I want to be part of movies that have important and interesting subjects but are not depressing and are rather satirical and funny.

I think what's happening is that women are allowed to be funnier as we stop pretending that there are subjects that they shouldn't address.

It's important that comedians talk about difficult and dangerous subjects; you have to be very careful that you don't just hear the subject heading and think, oh, this is bad, they shouldn't be talking about that. You have to hear what's being said.

Now, I'm not onboard with the argument that jokes are destructive to humanity. There are bigger issues, and I do not necessarily subscribe to the belief that jokes perpetuate violence and racism. They lampoon those things most of the time. But I could be wrong about that. I'm not a sociologist or an expert.

Mostly it was Mad magazine. And I did read a lot of - I had a subscription when I was little, but I also had access to some old collections, the little paperbacks of the really good stuff.

I don't need someone with a hot body. He can be fat or overweight and have a belly. It's very much about style and substance and humor, interest, curiosity and really being smart.