I grew up a skinny kid with a funny last name and coke bottle glasses, so I experienced my fair share of bullies. But I learned, with the help of humor and resilience, to never give up.
One of my favorite experiences was ‘9 to 5,’ for one reason: Dolly Parton. I learned what it means to really work hard and do it with a sense of humor about yourself. Every day was joyful.
I don’t really dissect comedy. Nothing kills off humor more than overanalyzing it.
In Australia, even the darkest subject matter has a little pinch of humor. A little sweet to make the sour go down.
There was a time I was very much blaming the way I felt on L.A, that it was a vacuum of creativity, of humor or anything organic, and I was really angry at the place. But then today I feel completely different – I love L.A.!
Humor is a part of spirituality.
Since I became a knitting humor writer, I seem to be understood a little better – at least for the purposes of social discourse.
I like good humor.
Humor comes from the surprise release of some buried tension.
When people are in the midst of really heavy stuff and still have a sense of humor, I admire that.
Any attempts at humor immediately after September 11th were deemed tasteless.
The difference between me as Brian Warner or Marilyn Manson is just words. Same personality, sensibility, sense of humor, behavior. He is me.
Twitter is the place where I try to be more funny. And then I use Instagram just as my diary. I pull some jokes on there, but I think people have a better sense of humor on Twitter.
I think great humor lies in playing the truth of a situation.
For me, whenever I would see a lot of ‘black films,’ I didn’t feel represented in it. I didn’t feel connected to the characters or the situations or the humor.
Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.
Our ability to find humor in the world, to make connections between previously unconnected notions, to create new ideas, to share in a common culture: All these essentially human acts depend on memory.
Prior to Wordsworth, humor was an essential part of poetry. I mean, they don’t call them Shakespeare comedies for nothing.
I have the humor of a 9-year-old boy, and sometimes I’ve had laughing fits on-air.
Mixing humor and politics is something that works.
I tried to go out for theater or theater arts, but I was too scared or too intimidated. But I had a lot of friends on the cross country team that had great senses of humor.
Humor writing requires a rhythm and timing, as well as some kind of connection to the reader, and I think that’s how I tap into it.
I was certainly not a class clown; I confused and angered a lot of people with my sense of humor.
Over the years, I’ve learned that a sense of humor is the only skill that allows you to turn sucking at life into a career.
I think Damien Hirst is hilarious. And I think he’s a true artist. He’s not hilarious first; I think he is a real artist, and I also think he’s got an amazing sense of humor.
