Todd Solondz Quotes

As with anything that involves emotional pain, comedy isn't too far behind. There's that element of no matter how painful something is - as long as it is not you that is going through it - it can be funny.

I have always noticed that people will never laugh at anything that is not based on truth.

Don't make me laugh, I'd much rather cry.

Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.

Disappointment is an endless wellspring of comedy inspiration.

Comedy arises out of necessity, because some things are so dark that you have to laugh about it.

Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it.

It's good just to laugh sometimes, and if it comes out of some truth, it's even stronger.

Comedy is just honesty. Whether things are going well or bad.

Much of the best humor is found in the frequently tragic reality of human experience.

The best comedy is based on truth.

The whole character of Super Dave is a takeoff on people who pontificate. So one thing I never want to do is pontificate why this works, why this is funny. I have no idea what the appeal is. All we are trying to do is make people have a good time and laugh.

I'm inspired by making people laugh at subjects that should make them cry.

Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true.

Comedy exists to laugh at things that aren't laughable. But isn't it? That's what separates us from the animals. We laugh.

I love comedy, because I like making fun of things even though they are dramatic.

I'm gonna be a new kind of clown. I'm gonna stand in the middle of the ring and laugh at the folks.

True wit never made us laugh.

There was always another side to a joke, the side of the victim.

As a comedian, I think we all look for those areas where the truth diverts from what people are saying. That's why politics is such a rich area for us, because politicians make promises, and they don't keep them, and when we point out the difference, we get the laugh.

Jokes? There are no jokes. The truth is the funniest joke of all.

As a rule, I don't like to laugh at the misfortune of others. The exception to that rule is if it's really, really funny.

It's a dangerous game that comedy plays. Sometimes it tells you the truth; sometimes it delays it.

I have a very dark sense of humor. I swear. I have a very playful relationship with Jesus.

Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth.