Dario Fo Quotes

I like things that are funny and have a lot else in them besides that - ideas, for example.

If you want to reach any kind of poignancy or meaning a lot of times, coming from comedy is the best way to get there.

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.

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

Being a comedy writer gives you permission to be an outsider and poke fun at what people think about other people.

I wish there were more humor in my work than I see in it.

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people - that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.

To me, the highest expression of life is art with jokes. It's very rarified, very difficult to accomplish if you want to be more than just funny and more than just jokes about human gaseousness.

I think if you're trying to be funny, sometimes you're bending a piece of metal in a direction it doesn't want to go. And sometimes comedy just needs to find itself.

There's depth in my comedy.

It takes intelligence to make real comedy, and it takes a reality base to create all that little stuff I like to do that makes you giggle inside.

I try and write satire that's well-intentioned. But those intentions have to be hidden. It can't be completely clear, and that's what makes it comedy.

You just try to be true to your idea of what is funny and what is also interesting.

I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it's harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show off.

A good comic explores the imagination, but it's always got to have those notes of truth running through it.

Funny is a good foil. Humor is illuminating, and it also gives you power.

My main point is to be funny; if I can slip a message in there, fine.

People of humor are always in some degree people of genius.

Comedy is very disarming. It's a way to talk about things and still be light-hearted. And when it's done really well, you never see the strings, whereas when you watch an infomercial or a politician speaking, a lot of times you can see the strings, you can see what agenda they're trying to push.

Laughter is the best way to get over something or get closer to something. It's one of the things I respect most about Amy Schumer. She's found a way to get us closer to ourselves and see the ugly side of humanity, but not in a way that's pointing a finger or that's angry. She does it in a way that makes us see the absurdity and laugh at it.

I've always tended to write comedy, but I'd hate to just write some kind of sitcom or a lighthearted series of jokes and slapstick. I wanted to talk about some deeper things within the comedy.

Most of my artwork is geared towards being humorous in some light.

I think I write serious comedies. I would love to be able to write for pure pleasure, but the undertow is always loneliness.

I always want to lead with comedy but hopefully be able to sneak my message through at the same time.

Things have to be funny first, and if they want to have a point, that's awesome.