Quotes About Comedy

Humor is practically the only thing about which the English are utterly serious.

To me, humor is part of a conversation with an audience.

I also try to think of ways to articulate the joke more economically.

Girls want to be with guys who have a sense of humor-it makes them far more attractive to us.

I was a poster child... for birth control!

Americans aren't accepting of black humor, it's terrible.

Coleman Jacoby and Arnie Rosen won an Emmy and Mel Brooks didn't! Niezsche was right! There is no God! There is no God!

The dominant type of humor in the '60s was essentially defensive and self-deprecating, using humor as a shield.

Humor is necessary - it allows the reader to come up for air before dunking them under again. I need humor and I need it on the page to keep the reader going.

For doing comedy, a sense of humor is a must!

I like books that are funny, but that aren't trying to be funny. I like situational humor.

I had a paper route when I was a kid. I was supposed to go to 2,000 houses. Or two dumpsters.

He comes back with the script, and it's racist like a 1940's Newspaper.

I couldn't get laid with a sitcom and a rifle.

My family were hitters. If you made them laugh, they didn't hit you. My dad wouldn't hit me if I got him with humor right between the eyes.

A beautiful woman moved in next door. So I went over and returned a cup of sugar. She said, "You didn't borrow this." I said, " I will!"

The first thing I look for is the humor, because you can tell what the character's fears and insecurities are through the humor.

I have a really dark, rich, thick sense of humor.

A girl offered me E at the club. 'Have you ever done E?' 'I watch E.'

One thing that's coming up a lot is: are you as grumpy as you appear from this Black Books thing.

The funniest thing about some people is that they have no sense of humor.

Humor is a great defense, and an offense too. Usually the recipient isn't too happy about it, but the people around are laughing.

Humor is how you change people's opinions, and if you can make someone laugh, they'll listen, even if they hate you.

The biggest void that people can have in their lives is a sense of humor. Spending your life with someone who doesn't have that wouldn't be palatable.