I think a lot of humor is about distracting yourself. Pretend you're not trying to make it funny. Because for some reason the effort to be funny smells like sulphur in our culture. Sloane Crosley culturedistracteffort Change image and share on social
The only thing that matters to me about my stories is that they're entertaining and they're funny. And I tend to get bored easily, so I generally throw something supernatural in. I would say they're humorous novels that have a supernatural bent, but that's as close as you're going to get to fitting them all in the same basket. Christopher Moore basketbendbore share on social
The reason I'm writing funny books is that I wish there were more. Christopher Moore bookfunnyreason Change image and share on social
I really don't know what makes a comedian. I think it's a family background and environment. Yet if you put the same ingredients in another person, he may never utter a funny line. Bob Newhart backgroundcomedianenvironment Change image and share on social
When you're eight years old nothing is your business. Lenny Bruce businessyear Change image and share on social
I don't really have funny things to say about politics. I wish I did, but I don't. Janeane Garofalo funnypoliticthing Change image and share on social
I changed the face of comedy. I used to be funny. Gilbert Gottfried changecomedyface Change image and share on social
It's funny when you know you're playing two characters and you're aware of how you have to play each one into your performance of the other. You're constantly at the back of your mind thinking and it all gets a bit confusing. Jamie Dornan awarebackbite share on social
When I play discos in Belfast or freshers' week in Oxford, there are 1,800 kids dressed as me. It's odd, it's funny, and it pays really well. David Hasselhoff belfastdiscodress Change image and share on social
The kind of funny irony is that a lot of people talk about ethical meat eating as if it's a way to care about things, but also not to alienate yourself from the rest of the world. But it's so much more alienating than vegetarianism. Jonathan Safran Foer alienatecareeat share on social