“To me, sadness and humor aren't disrelated and humor is the best tool I've had against the sadness in my life.”
A good sense of humor is a survival skill. These quotes celebrate wit, comedy, sarcasm, and the ability to find something funny in situations that might otherwise be unbearable. Laughter, it turns out, is a form of intelligence.
“I can't not put humor in a book.”
“To me, sadness and humor aren't disrelated and humor is the best tool I've had against the sadness in my life.”
“The humor section is the last place an author wants to be. They put your stuff next to collections of Cathy cartoons.”
“I'm sure there are people who survive tragedy without humor, but I've never met any of them. Nor would I be particularly interested in writing about them if I did meet them.”
“I'm just very amused by five-year-old humor.”
“People who know me know I have a sense of humor that can really push the envelope.”
“In prehistoric times, mankind often had only two choices in crisis situations: fight or flee. In modern times, humor offers us a third alternative fight, flee - or laugh.”
“In the 'Hurt Locker' there's a lot of me in there, a sense of humor, a man of few words and a lot of action.”
“I like bawdy humor. I love bawdy humor, but not dirty humor.”
“You can't do anything to be funny. That's cringeworthy. If your humor comes out of a place of love every time, you don't make the joke bigger than you. The funniest comedians are in touch with their emotional level.”
“In looking for humor, keep in mind this guideline: Sometimes it takes a little time to see the humor in your upsets you may not find something to laugh about immediately.”
“I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it.”
“Humor is the most engaging cowardice.”
“Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.”
“A joke is a very serious thing.”
“In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming.”