Humor Quotes

Humor is the only way to tell a story. Especially the dark ones. Lisa Lutz

Dark Humor Way Tell Only Story

I do talk about celebrity relationships like Kim Kardashian's. I like to find the humor in love. Loni Love

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Humor comes from the surprise release of some buried tension. Lorrie Moore

Humor Release Some Tension Surprise Buried

We're all funny. Humor unites us. Luis Alberto Urrea

Funny Humor Us Unites

Although humor is present in every one of my films, it has always been used as a way to make the darker, heavier stuff in my stories more palatable. I never set out to make 'Humpday' a comedy. Lynn Shelton

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I don't think humor is forced upon my universe; it's a part of it. Manuel Puig

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Humor has the tendency to be funny once. If I tell you a joke, we're going to have a big laugh. But the second time I tell the joke, it's going to be a bit strange, and the third time you're going to ask if there's something wrong with me. So I am very cautious with jokes, but there is a lightness in my work. Marcel Wanders

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I think I have always had a little humor. Marilyn Monroe

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I quite like dark humor. Marina and the Diamonds

Dark Humor Like Quite

Writing is not for me. I completely lose my sense of humor when I write. I become extremely pathetic, very sensational. Images give me possibilities that I don't have with words. Marjane Satrapi

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I translated an Emile Zola book, 'The Belly of Paris,' because I didn't find an existing translation that captured his sense of humor. Humor is the first victim of translation. Mark Kurlansky

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When I started, I wanted to be thought of as tortured and seductive, not funny, but humor tends to be a reflexive part of a person's sensibility. It's an almost impossible thing to teach anyone, which leads me to believe that it's intuitive. Mark Leyner

It's very hard to write humor. Mark Strand

Humor Write Very Hard

I personally have dealt with any adversity in my life with humor. That's why I told America to 'Read my hips!' on 'Dancing With the Stars' or was happy to play along with Jason Alexander and Jerry Seinfeld in the great restaurant scene on 'Seinfeld.' Marlee Matlin

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The rejection that we all take and the sadness and the aggravation and the loss of jobs and all of the things that we live through in our lives, without a sense of humor, I don't know how people make it. Marlo Thomas

There are so many things to talk about between black people, Hispanic people, white people, gay people, men, women, it's all based on fear. We all have fears, this thing that stops us from embracing as we are one. We are never going to be one. People are messed up, but humor lets us see how ignorant we can be. Marlon Wayans

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My mother was Irish; she had this great sense of humor, and both my parents loved films. There was a very vibrant discourse about politics and everything that was going on in the world where I grew up. So I was genetically predisposed to go into the performing arts. Martin Donovan

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