Molly Ivins Quotes

Nothing like a little judicious levity.

They think I'm being serious when actually I'm a very big clown. But you have to know me to see that. I'm constantly cracking up and cracking everybody else around me up.

Humour is a great vehicle for getting a message across. If you get too serious, you could die of starch.

I don't want to take myself too seriously, thinking that I'm always having to be this cathartic, intense and deep person, because I certainly enjoy silliness.

The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.

If possible, be funny.

I have a good sense of humor. I think everything we do should have whimsy in it.

I can really stir up a conversation. Every time I go to a meeting or a casting, I try to make it as light and funny as I can. I'm always making really awkward jokes. You have to make life fun and not take it too seriously. I may look like I'm very serious and into my work, but if you knew me, I'm just a jokester.

I'm too self-serious for a comedy.

I always gravitate toward the humor in something.

I usually joke around, especially on set.

I can be serious, but there's got to be a lighter side.

Anyone that knows me knows I love to joke around and have fun.

You definitely have to have a sense of humor. It's not always serious when it comes to basketball.

I think it's important to have a sense of humor. You have to be able to laugh at yourself.

I'm a very serious guy. I try to counter that predisposition of being a serious person with all this tomfoolery that I love to do so much. I really enjoy it; that's why I do it. I don't like the way I am... perhaps my natural default is to be that way, and I don't like that.

Humor comes from self-confidence.

What also helps our show is that we never take ourselves seriously.

You need to be silly to be funny.

I don't mean to be funny.

I have to be entertained by what I'm writing, so a lot of my stuff has a goofiness or scatological quality. If these characters can entertain me, then I feel like I can deal with the darker or more serious stuff.

You can pretend to be serious; but you can't pretend to be witty.

A lot of my rhymes are just to get chuckles out of people. Anybody with half a brain is going to be able to tell when I'm joking and when I'm serious.

I wish there were more humor in my work than I see in it.

I think I'm a lot funnier and goofier than people were able to see on 'Dancing With the Stars.'