Zoe Quinn Quotes

Comedy is surprises, so if you're intending to make somebody laugh and they don't laugh, that's funny.

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.

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

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

The secret to humor is surprise.

Plus, I love comic writing. Nothing satisfies me more than finding a funny way to phrase something.

The best shows to tweet about are the ones that are hilarious, but they might not necessarily be trying to be hilarious. Those are the easiest and the funniest because you're like 'come onnnn.'

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

Surprise is not humor. I think that there can be a fine line there.

I love comedies, both broad and subtle.

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

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

The most important thing in comedy - apart from empathy, which I think is important even if disguised - is surprise. I like surprising people with the fact that something's even a joke at all.

Comedy becomes intensified in short scenes.

Humor comes from the surprise release of some buried tension.

For comedy, timing is key.

You know, funny can be universal.

Incongruity is the mainspring of laughter.

Comedy comes from confusion.

You're entering dangerous land when you start theorising about comedy.

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

Humor is very interesting to me. My films are not comedies, but there's comedy in them from time to time, absurdities, just like in real life.

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

Comedy is probably a lot harder for me. Maybe it's because I've been doing drama for so long or maybe it's because... you don't want to search for a laugh; you can't try to be funny, you just have to naturally be funny or be in a situation that's funny.

There is a universality to comedy.