Follow your instincts. Do the kind of writing you love to do and do best. 'Stiff' was an oddball book - I mean, a funny book about cadavers? - and I worried that it would be too unconventional. In the end, that's what has made it a success, I think. Mary Roach bookcadaverend share on social
Until I was about 14, I was a fat boy, or at least I looked like a fat boy. I think that being funny was a bit of a defence mechanism for me, so I ended up being a bit of a joker. Pippa Evans biteboydefence Change image and share on social
I think there's a notion in our society, and it may be valid, that people aren't as funny when they get older. It's a stigma still attached to the rebelliousness of youth. Phil Hartman attachfunnynotion Change image and share on social
Everyone comes up to me saying, 'Cooee, Julie! Hello!' as if I know them. Of course I don't bloody know them. Am I flummoxed by it? Sometimes. I think, 'Ooh, love, go easy.' For a time, I did feel this pressure that I had to be funny, but it passes. Julie Walters bloodycooeeeasy share on social
It's always cool on the airplane when people are watching 'SVU.' It's funny. And it's always the reruns. Kelli Giddish airplanecoolfunny Change image and share on social
The thing that's funny is that everyone thinks I'm dead. Charles Nelson Reilly deadfunnything Change image and share on social
I always think everyone else is funnier than me. I look at other comedians and I say, 'I wish I was that good.' People think I'm funny, and I say, 'I'm not.' Carrot Top comedianfunnygood Change image and share on social
Jonathan Lynn is one of the last actors Orsen Welles used in a production. It was wonderful. He's very sharp, very sharp. It's funny I've been asked how weird it was to have a Brit do a church gospel movie. actoraskbrit share on social
In a funny way, nothing makes you feel more like a native of your own country than to live where nearly everyone is not. Bill Bryson countryfeelfunny Change image and share on social