Jessica Williams Quotes

Big comedy is good, I like things that are big, but good comedy has to be truthful I think and has to reflect some sort of reality.

The whole ability to look at the complexity of race and any sort of associated -ism and still find humor, that's a very interesting space.

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

Anybody can make jokes. But unless they come from conviction, and there's truth in them, you haven't nailed it. They aren't as funny as they could be, and they don't make a point.

I always try to attack the most honest issues I can in my comedy.

Comedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the end.

We do not take humor seriously enough.

In good comedy, the structure comes from truth and that weird eye that looks at the way life is.

Mainstream media has convinced people that black people aren't relatable. So when a Jewish person comes up to me and is all, 'Oh man, I love that one scene from Episode 3, I watch it over and over again,' I'm so happy. Because that's what I want.

'Halal in the Family' will expose a broad audience to some of the realities of being Muslim in America. By using satire, we will encourage people to reconsider their assumptions about Muslims, while providing a balm to those experiencing anti-Muslim bias. I also hope those Uncles and Aunties out there will crack a smile!

Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign that he wants all the truth.

I detest jokes - when somebody tells me one, I feel my IQ dropping; the brain cells start to disappear. But something is funny when the person delivering the line doesn't know it's funny or doesn't treat it as a joke. Maybe it comes from a place of truth, or it's a sort of rage against society.

Most jokes state a bitter truth.

Comedy is a way to make sense of chaos. It's a way of dealing with things that are overwhelming, that threaten you; it's a way to survive and get closer to the truth.

Comedy is allied to justice.

Comedians are obsessed with justice and the truth.

The best comedy not only makes you laugh, but on the moment of the laugh, you learned.

The real heart of comedy is uncovering a truth about yourself or about the world that you didn't see.

Black girl stories aren't just for black girls: they're for everybody.

And I think comedy obviously a great way to get a message out because you know the reason why things are funny is because they're true.

Comedy's the ultimate pill that helps the really hard truths and hard facts go down, right?

I think the best comedy enlightens, informs, and changes the way people look at the world.

Sometimes, I use humor because I believe in revealing truth in a way that other forms cannot.

No one who hired Siegfried & Roy was shocked when they brought a tiger onstage. So you shouldn't be shocked if you book a comedian and she points out that the emperor has no clothes.

The whole point of real comedy is that you can say something that is true, and by being funny, you can make it tolerable for people, and hopefully they'll laugh at you, too.