Bryan Fogel Quotes

The best comedy is where you attack the strong, not the weak.

Comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support.

Comedy isn't just timing; it's about rooting out the funny in the real. You just bend reality to the left a little.

Comedians play off of social commentary.

Comedy can do so much more than make you laugh.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

People have many theories about comedy, but being just plain funny is the one most important thing.

Humor is very interesting to me. My films are not comedies, but there's comedy in them from time to time, absurdities, just like in real life.

Plus, I love comic writing. Nothing satisfies me more than finding a funny way to phrase something.

The best shows to tweet about are the ones that are hilarious, but they might not necessarily be trying to be hilarious. Those are the easiest and the funniest because you're like 'come onnnn.'

There's always a message in my comedy.

Comedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the end.

Humor is really one of the hardest things to define, very hard. And it's very ambiguous. You have it, or you don't. You can't attain it.

Humor has to surprise us; otherwise, it isn't funny. It's a death knell for a writer to be labeled a humorist because then it's not a surprise anymore.

I think one of the big things about comedy is the ability for the audience to identify.

There's a sort of magic and music to comedy. Some words, some numbers even, are funnier than others. A Caramac bar, for instance, is funnier than a Milky Way.

The satiric ethos of Mad was a much bigger childhood influence.

I didn't think that anything is beyond humor - not profane humor, but a good, honest approach to humor.

Comedy is unique in the sense that laughter is a palpable noise that everyone makes.

There seems to be more comedy for comedy's sake.

I think comedians have a function in society, which is to make fun of our icons.

Some people say my humor focuses too much on stereotypes. It doesn't. It focuses on facts.

Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Comedy is surprises, so if you're intending to make somebody laugh and they don't laugh, that's funny.