Genndy Tartakovsky Quotes

It's very hard to write humor.

If you play it straight it's funny - the best comedy is always played straight down the middle. The adjustment is understanding from the screenplay that a moment is hilarious.

You're entering dangerous land when you start theorising about comedy.

Writing humor is not something every single person can do.

I think so. I can't think of anything that requires more finesse than comedy, both from a verbal and visual point of view.

I like smart jokes, I like dumb jokes, and I like dumb jokes done smartly.

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.

Comedy, at least the way I write comedy, is just drama with jokes.

The first rule of comedy should be, you must be very lazy. Whoever works should be immediately removed.

I love to do comedy, and I don't think of things as drama or comedy. I think that if it's a funny line, it's a funny line. If it's a funny moment, it's a funny moment.

At the end of the day I'm writing comedy. If you get too realistic as a comedy writer with your disasters, it stops being funny.

I think the first rule of comedy is that it has to be funny and I find a lot of the broad comedy which is sent to me, painfully unfunny.

It's a fine line between hack and good comedy.

Every time I think about writing, comedy doesn't interest me in the slightest. I can play comedy, but I don't think in terms of comic dialogue.

There's an art to stupid comedy. There's an art to offensive comedy, and I think the key is it's just gotta make you laugh.

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

Humor writing is something that comes naturally to me.

The principles of comedy are the principles of comedy. I can hear funny.

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.

What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.

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.

There is a universality to comedy.

Now the point of comedy is not just looking funny, it's use of language. We have at our disposal a great language... and the imaginative, creative use of that language can be at the service of humour.