Quotes About Wit

Nobody pulls a prank like George Clooney.

As a comedy writer, I'm always praying for the day I can tell a self-aware/break-the-fourth-wall style of joke.

I prefer intellect and charm.

My favorite comedians are just presenting an argument, and they're doing it in a funny way.

The current Babe Ruth of improv? Sacha Baron Cohen. He's pretty amazing.

To do comedy, you have to be a pretty good actor to start with.

I actually have a pretty good sense of humor.

I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull.

I'm totally comfortable not being as funny as Larry David.

Who is shorter, me or David Silva? I don't know. Probably him.

Constance Wu is so dedicated, Anna Kendrick is ridiculously funny, and Blake Lively is magnetic.

I'm probably not very good at rom-com, being funny on demand; I'll leave that to the comedians.

You can't deny the truth. And that's what makes smart comedy so good.

There's depth in my comedy.

I like the comedians that go into detail and tell longer stories.

I'm accused of, and perhaps rightly so, of not being mean enough. I've been taken to task in many a book review; a good satirist has to, you know, has to kill.

But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.

He's not very fast, but maybe Elizabeth Taylor can't sing.

You can't teach somebody how to be funny. You're either funny, or you ain't.

Teaching someone to be funny is like teaching someone to be fast. They're already fast. You're just making them faster.

of infinite wit and pleasantry

I'm Dylan. I'm so cool. I want to date myself, but I don't know how! You want to date me instead? You're so lucky!

Don't feel bad, I'm usually about to die.

MEN, Charlene said. Leave that to you! Willa quipped.