Jane Krakowski Quotes

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.

The pun exists in a social and political void, caring nothing for the issues of its day, content merely to display itself in its small cleverness.

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

When I first began to write fiction, I didn't think I was a comic writer; I thought I was a serious writer. I was surprised when the first novel I wrote was regarded as a funny novel.

I think you can tell the human condition better through comedy.

Irony has seeped into the felt of any fedora hat I have ever owned - not out of any wish of mine, but out of necessity. A fedora hat worn by me without the necessary protective irony would eat through my head and kill me.

If you play comedic scenes like they're really serious, then it's so much more funny than if you're going for a laugh.

The hall-mark of American humour is its pose of illiteracy.

The comedy in 'Star Trek' is always very subtle, if it's there at all.

I have always found humor in places where humor wasn't necessarily intended.

The people in New York - their humor is on a level that goes, uh, very deep, you know?

I don't do jokes. The characters are my jokes.

Believe it or not, there's a lot of humor in 'Mad Men.' Especially in the dark moments.

It's easier to find the joke in something when you think, 'This - this is ridiculous.'

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.

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.

I'm not funny ha-ha, but I look for real humour in just about everything I've ever played.

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

I like telling stories with a sense of humor. But humor can also distance you from the subject you're writing about. I'm interested in using humor as a portal to something a bit more serious.

If written with enough care and thoughtfulness, a joke can make you laugh at a belief you hold dear.

Satire and comedy are really the only film mediums where you can get into ideas and have people leave the theater without being moralized.

There are thousands of ways to make people laugh - satire, black comedy, slapstick.

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

Woody Allen's 'The Complete Prose' - It's just the best selection of comic writing by one author. You know it's good comedy when you get quite demoralised about yourself.