Jon Stewart Quotes

For me, if you distill comedy down, it is surprise and the unexpected. That has to be it on its most base level, in any form.

Satire is what closes on Saturday night.

I've always thought something that makes you laugh, it makes you laugh because there's a little bit of truth to it.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

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

A sitcom isn't usually the right tool for satire.

For me, humor is everything!

Neil Hamburger writes such cutting jokes.

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.'

Cool is the enemy of funny. You can't be cool and be funny at the same time. Only Eddie Murphy could do that.

Funny is funny.

We do not take humor seriously enough.

If possible, be funny.

I haven't watched 'Mad TV' a lot, but I have seen some stuff on there that is truly funny. You have to have some sort of attitude toward the subject, and they seem to have it. It depends on how much blood you want to draw.

Being funny is everything to me.

I see parody as another form of comedy.

Funny is funny is funny.

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

Comedy is the most palliative way to make a point. People are more willing to listen if they can laugh.

There's no such thing as a cheap laugh.

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

When you make 'The Daily Show', it's usually not for a laurel, it's for a dart.

My only goal is to make you laugh, not tell you the truth.

Every day, there's something that makes you go, 'Is this Funny or Die?' That can't be a real headline.

Most of what I write is comedy.