Humor Quotes

Humor is the oxygen of children's literature. There's a lot of competition for children's time, but even kids who hate to read want to read a funny book. Sid Fleischman
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In my first story, 'Mr. Mysterious & Company'... I was asked to take out some of the humor because editors were afraid reviewers would dismiss the book as a joke. Today, humor is enjoyed and no longer regarded as literary brummagem. Sid Fleischman
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Total absence of humor renders life impossible. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
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I mean, yeah, I'm sure that Python and the other things have paved the way for a greater understanding of the British sense of humor, but I don't think it's all that different than the American sense of humor. Simon Pegg
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I think at its best the American sense of humor is the same as the British sense of humor at its best, which is to be wry and ironic and self deprecating. Simon Pegg
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It's funny. People often compare me to other humor essayists. They're usually quite nice comparisons; I will accept those gladly. But I am always sort of appalled at the idea of being lumped with other, more chick-y female writers. And the truth is probably that neither comparison is accurate. Sloane Crosley
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If somebody is not on the same page with me humor wise, I can't give them that. Stephan Pastis
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Brits have a better sense of humor in most ways. It's darker, more cutting. Stephan Pastis
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Maybe the bar is low, but most of the strips that are 50, 60, 70 years old that are on their second or third generation of artists, the humor is pretty bland. There are others by people that were raised on 'Family Guy' or 'South Park' that are edgier. Mine's not as edgy as those, but it's edgier than 'Beetle Bailey.' Stephan Pastis
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Thomas, my 15-year-old, is effectively my editor, I've always trusted his voice, more than anybody, on the strip for years. He has one of those ears that's just tuned to the rhythm of humor, so if he says something's not funny, my stomach just hurts because I know he's right, and it's already been drawn. Stephan Pastis
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Since I became a knitting humor writer, I seem to be understood a little better - at least for the purposes of social discourse. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
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The way humor's usually used in horror, it's as a pressure-release valve; without it, the drama would escalate out of all control almost immediately. Stephen Graham Jones
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I'm hoping that fans will enjoy finally having a 'SpongeBob' comic book from me. All the stories will be original and always true to the humor, characters, and universe of the 'SpongeBob SquarePants' series. Stephen Hillenburg
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I love 'Dexter.' The dark sense of humor is wonderful. Stephen J. Cannell
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The best scary movies have great humor in them and a great story. Stephen Sommers
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Much of the best humor is found in the frequently tragic reality of human experience. Steve Allen
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I don't think of myself as funny - I don't fill up a room with my humor... I would fail miserably as a stand-up comedian. Steve Carell
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We've always had a sense of humor - look at our name. Steve Lukather
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Art Modell was a visionary, a deal-maker and a friend. And he possessed a marvelous sense of humor. Steve Tisch
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'Hill Street,' because of the wacky nature of many of our characters, really allowed us to indulge a kind of cheek-to-jowl juxtaposition of high drama with very low humor. Steven Bochco
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You know those things that you throw the twigs into and it spits them out? That's what I do. The branches are like life, and I throw them into my head and some of it comes out as humor. Steven Wright
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I love watching action films, and especially the little moments of wit and humor in the choreography in a lot of them. The editing of an action sequence often has great moments of comic timing. Susanna Fogel
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I was a heathen Jewess with no bat mitzvah. Only the neurosis, the brown hair, and the self-deprecating humor. But being one of the only Jewish kids in my WASPy hometown definitely informed my perspective on the humor of being an outsider. Susanna Fogel
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I love Nicole Holofcener's films for their constant duality of humor and emotion and their focus on very real, if flawed, dynamics between funny people. Susanna Fogel
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I don't feel that I'm strictly Danish; I don't feel that my sense of humor is strictly Danish or my human sensibility is strictly Danish. Susanne Bier
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If a man's able to laugh about himself, that's good. You can be in love with a man or share his bed, but if there's no humor, there's nothing. Sylvia Hoeks
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