Michael Pollan Quotes

Comedy is unique in the sense that laughter is a palpable noise that everyone makes.

I love to do comedy, and I don't think of things as drama or comedy. I think that if it's a funny line, it's a funny line. If it's a funny moment, it's a funny moment.

I don't write punch lines.

Anytime there's originality and comedy combined, it's very potent for people who love comedy.

Comedy, unlike drama, demands surprise. You can't quietly and thoughtfully enjoy a comedy.

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.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

You know, funny can be universal.

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

I love comedy, and I think that's sort of what comes naturally to me.

I love physical comedy. I love Oscar Wilde, I love Shakespeare comedies, I love improv.

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

What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.

There is a universality to comedy.

Nothing like a great comedy. I love to laugh!

I like comedy a lot. I love comedy. It's so much fun, but it's hard, too.

I love smart comedy.

I like comedy, I love it very much, I love laughing.

Nobody really knows, but I got a little comedy in me.

I suppose comedy is my first love, in a way.

I write funny. If I can make my wife laugh, I know I'm on the right track.

Most of what I write is comedy.

The whole point of comedy, what's fun, is taking the stupid thought I had and working it into something that makes a bunch of people laugh.

Everybody loves good humour and in movies, we are in search of things that make viewers laugh.

I always loved jokes. It's such a dumb, facile thing to say, but it's true. I remember being a kid and getting those joke books from the Scholastic Book Club and loving comedy from a very young age.