Ellen Hopkins Quotes

I've written this to keep from crying. But I am crying, only the tears won't come.

I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all.

There can be a blurry line between laughing at the expense of a character and laughing at the recognition of something painful and true. But blurry as it may be, it is nevertheless unmistakable, and sometimes the laughter I hear makes me wince.

I shall laugh my bitter laugh.

If I had a sense of humor, I'd be laughing right now.

I used to write out of angst. My writing was quite miserable, quite angry, even when it was funny. It was based on this sadness and tired emotional disdain for the world.

Sometimes I just want to sit in my boxer shorts and cry. That's what being a human is.

"Nasty Man" isn't a laughing matter, but you have to laugh anyway. The song, itself, becomes something of a laughing matter because we'd go crazy if we didn't keep laughing.

I'm inspired by making people laugh at subjects that should make them cry.

Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry -- and the world laughs harder.

It takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry

It's much easier to make people cry than to laugh.

You're laughing at everything that's bringing me down.

Pardon me for breathing, which I never do any way so I don’t know why I bother to say it, oh God, I’m so depressed.

Laughing and crying are really similar - what happens to your body. It's a very similar process in your diaphragm. Like a musician, you have to do your scales once in a while and warm up your voice.

Crying is personal. On the other hand, laughing is more general . Laughing makes our hearts wider.

Dramas make me laugh. The other day, I saw 'The Place Beyond the Pines,' and I was giggling the whole time. I laugh when I'm uncomfortable.

Disappointment is an endless wellspring of comedy inspiration.

I can cry at the drop of a hat. I've always found that easier than laughing in films.

I cry every chance I get.

I love inappropriate humour. What else are you going to do? You have to laugh.

Many comedians have a dark side that lets them take a negative thing and turn it funny.

Sad Patience, too near neighbour to despair.

If I cry, it's because I'm very angry and I can't do anything about it because I've run into a dead end. That's when the tears would come down.

We all get discouraged.