Bob Elliott Quotes

You can maybe be artistic and really original and creative, but as long as it's got that funniness at the root of it, then certain people are going to love it just because they need a laugh.

I'm not too keen on jokes that are one-liners. I want the situation to be funny.

You can't make everybody laugh. You gotta just do what you think is funny. Just be obstreperous to everybody.

But if you don't watch me, I will try and sneak in some humor. I see humor everywhere in life around me.

I do love jokes.

You can take anything, and if you explore it right, you can make it funny.

I just say what I think is the funniest thing I could say. I'm not trying to make headlines. I'm just trying to say the stuff that I think is funny and will make people laugh.

You just try to be true to your idea of what is funny and what is also interesting.

Humor is a blessing to me. My earliest recollections are of looking at something and seeing the lighter side. But it's always spontaneous. I couldn't write a comedy skit for someone else.

I like questions that tee me up to make weird jokes, frankly.

The thing about Black Eyed Peas is we're very humorous. All we do is laugh all day.

J. makes me laugh. He's incredibly dry and has a pretty harsh sense of humor that I enjoy.

I always like to make some jokes, sometimes.

Humour is ahead of everything creatively. I think if things aren't humorous, they are just crap.

If anything, I've probably tended more toward humor in my writing and veered more toward pleasure in my personal life.

The most important thing in comedy - apart from empathy, which I think is important even if disguised - is surprise. I like surprising people with the fact that something's even a joke at all.

Humor is one of the elements of genius--admirable as an adjunct; but as soon as it becomes dominant, only a surrogate for genius.

Hopefully, underlying all my jokes is an element of surprise.

I can't live without a sense of humor. I need to be laughing and entertained at all times.

I loved comedy all my life. I think it's a real powerful art form.

I value comedy. I value somebody who can be funny.

For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.

For me, humor is everything!

Plus, I love comic writing. Nothing satisfies me more than finding a funny way to phrase something.

All I do is have fun. When I'm not working, it's about making people laugh. I love making jokes about things. Even when someone's mad at me, I'll deflect anger with humor. My days are filled with laughter. If I'm not laughing, I'm not happy.