Maria Semple Quotes

I just wanted laughs - that's really what I was after.

I provide a little comic relief.

I think in the world we need more comedy. I wish so much that we could embrace that side of us more. I love to escape through watching comedy, and I wish for more of that in the future.

It's good to laugh!

Nothing better than a good laugh and giggling over a whole bunch of nothing.

My little boy Sonny makes me laugh all the time. He has good comedic timing.

I think it's awesome to be able to make people laugh.

The thing I do best is laugh.

Laughter is healing and helpful and fun, and I see my role as an entertainer, and I want readers to leave my books smiling.

I really enjoy laughing at work, and I find that it's easier to do that when you're shooting a comedy.

Humor is the most precious gift I can give to my reader, a reminder that the world is not such a terribly serious place. There is more than video games and drugs and nuclear threats; there is laughter, and there is hope.

What the real world of 1941 needed most was the release and relief provided by laughter.

I like making people laugh. That's fun for me.

I think people are always looking for a good comedy.

I realize that humor isn't for everyone. It's only for people who want to have fun, enjoy life, and feel alive.

I love comedy because I'm naturally a very silly person.

Between us and the writers, it was comedy hour the whole time. We could hardly get through it.

I like to see people laugh who are normally serious.

Ladies be seated, a laugh doesn't cost you a dime.

Comedy is important! When you're having a stressful day, and you come home, you want to watch something that makes you laugh.

Just look around; you can't help but laugh at something.

I love men who make me laugh.

I love hearing people laugh.

I think it's important to find humor anywhere you can. In real life, with the darkest, scariest, most intense moments, if you can find something funny, that's good.

Comedy doesn't always have to come from a dark place.