Alison McGhee Quotes

We cannot really love anyone with with whom we never laugh.

The other stuff of marriage can fade a little bit, but as long as you can laugh with your partner, that's everything because that's what remains at the end of the day. I think that's how we pick our friends and that's how we ultimately pick who we marry.

My buddies, we've always just tried to make each other laugh. I mean, just like all friends hanging out - that's the goal.

There's that special magical place that exists when you forget everything else because you are laughing hysterically. It's the only truly safe place and it can happen with a stranger or a best friend.

My way of making people like me was to make 'em laugh.

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.

Most of us make up our minds in the first three minutes of meeting someone whether there's a potential for a relationship.

Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.

The laughs mean more to me than the adoration. If two girls walk up to me and one says 'you're cute', I'll say thank you, but I appreciate it much more when the other one says 'you make me laugh so much'.

I never have actually had a girl who's made me laugh before.

If you laugh with somebody, then you know you share something.

Laughter is such a healing thing, and through laughter, we find commonalities with each other. There's a lot of separation in the world, and by creating more things to laugh at, we can create a common ground for open discussion.

One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.

Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.

If you can have a laugh with someone, you're then in each other's world.

Robbie minced into my life and he had the same oddball sense of humour as me. It was love at first laugh.

Food is the great connector, and laughs are the cement. If we go out to eat and have a nice meal, that's one thing. If we can share a laugh, now we're friends.

[Our first dinner with Alison McGhee] was at Figlio's [in Minneapolis]. I know exactly what I had, because it was so good: their three-cheese ravioli. But I can't remember what I said to Alison that night that made her laugh so hard. But she got me right away and I got her right away.

Laughter is a virus that infects you with humanity.

Write a smart joke and people want to talk about it and keep the dialogue going. Also, if you can make someone laugh, it's a pronouncement that they like you on some level.

They held hands and knew that only the coffin would lie in the earth; the bubbly laughter and the press of fingers in the palm would stay aboveground forever. At first, as they stood there, their hands were clenched together. They relaxed slowly until during the walk back home their fingers were laced in as gentle a clasp as that of any two young girlfriends trotting up the road on a summer day wondering what happened to butterflies in the winter.

It's much more fun to share and laugh at the bad times and the frustrations. I find you get a much deeper connection with the audience that way.

The more things we can laugh about, the more alive we become: The more things we can laugh about together, the more connected we become.

The two best things you can do for a person is have sex or make them laugh.

Wisdom is for statues. Humor uncaps our inhibitions, unleashes our energies, seals friendships, patches hurts. Laughing is probably the most alive you can be.