“One book that I read called “Comedy Writing Secrets” by Helitzer made a great point. He said that most of being funny is the CHARACTER and not the jokes.”
David DeAngelo
“The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And the body is born young and grows old. That is life's tragedy.”
Oscar Wilde
“It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good comedy, and it's hardest of all to write a drama with comedy. Which is what life is.”
Jack Lemon
“Comedy is a socially acceptable form of hostility and aggression. That is what comics do, stand the world upside down.”
George Carlin
“Men and women do have different perspectives on comedy and I think we have different approaches to writing, ... [But] it doesn't matter if you are a man or a woman, if you are funny, you're funny. Gender doesn't come into it.”
Solon
“I started writing this feature comedy in New York - a Chris Farley vehicle. The script was decent. When I got to LA, I met some new friends in film school and had them read my script and give me notes.”
David Steinberg
“I learned a few things on my own since, and modified some of the things he taught me, but everything, unequivocally, that I learned about comedy writing I learned from Danny Simon,”
Woody Allen
