Laurie David Quotes

Things have to be funny first, and if they want to have a point, that's awesome.

The best comedy is based on truth.

Sometimes, I use humor because I believe in revealing truth in a way that other forms cannot.

Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

You shouldn't get too close to the truth, because then maybe you stop being funny.

I've always been very upfront about the way I write, and I've always used the tools humorists use, such as exaggeration.

To do something funny, you have to have experienced it in real life and digested it in a way that amuses you.

Things from real life are the things that get people laughing.

Actually being funny is mostly telling the truth about things.

Most jokes state a bitter truth.

We have never been strictly political, only strictly funny.

I think great humor lies in playing the truth of a situation.

If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you.

My main point is to be funny; if I can slip a message in there, fine.

Comedians are obsessed with justice and the truth.

I've always tended to write comedy, but I'd hate to just write some kind of sitcom or a lighthearted series of jokes and slapstick. I wanted to talk about some deeper things within the comedy.

With all comedy, you try to ground it in credibility and reality.

Comedy is funny when it comes from truth, and that's always the rule of them. It's about how far you can push that boundary.

And sometimes you can make your point better with comedy than you can through shouting about it.

I think politics is extremely funny in and of itself.

I'll see something, and I'll go, 'Oh, wow, that's interesting,' because really, comedy comes from the truth.

I've always found the world funny and enjoy laughing at it, and that's what all comedians do.

I wanna be funny, but if I have a chance to make a point while being funny - why not?

You can't deny the truth. And that's what makes smart comedy so good.