Erma Bombeck Quotes

I don't think comedy is necessarily an attack. It's finding humour in life. I don't think if you're making a joke about something you're automatically demeaning it.

The best way to make the most serious point in the world is to be as unserious as possible.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

I suppose I look for humor in most situations because it humanizes things; it makes a character much more three-dimensional if there's some kind of humor. Not necessarily laugh-out-loud type of stuff, just a sense that there is a humorous edge to things. I do like that.

I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one.

When you take a character seriously, there's more room for comedy because you're not aware of how absurd you are.

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

As far as I can tell, comedians are pretty serious people, and that's why they make fun of things all of the time.

I don't just try to be funny.

I like humor: the sort of gentle humor that points out human foibles.

At the risk of appearing disingenuous, I don't really think of myself as 'writing humor.' I'm simply reporting on the world I observe, which is frequently hilarious.

I think at its best the American sense of humor is the same as the British sense of humor at its best, which is to be wry and ironic and self deprecating.

It's good just to laugh sometimes, and if it comes out of some truth, it's even stronger.

Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.

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

Most shows find themselves descending into sentimentality or earnestness at some point but, with 'Community,' the joke is always on.

You shouldn't listen to us at all if you're looking for information. We don't take ourselves seriously on any level; we're just comedians.

There is no place for a person like me in a world that only takes itself seriously. Satire is so necessary but fairly ineffective.

The Valley is a place that takes itself too seriously, and it has yet to be properly lampooned. So it's time for a wedgie.

I'm too self-serious for a comedy.

Comedians are obsessed with justice and the truth.

Comedy is just honesty. Whether things are going well or bad.

Meta-comedy is everywhere and always seems so cold and to me is really kinda snarky.

'The Ugly Truth' isn't trying to change the world with strong political opinions; it's just trying to entertain you with thoughts and ideas from my crazy mind!

Indonesian people don't get satire; that's the thing. There's no thought in our humor.