Gary Shteyngart Quotes

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

Comedy is the only hope for humanity.

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

I think there should be comedy in everything; it doesn't matter what you're doing.

I love doing comedy - I get a laugh out of it, it's not so serious.

I want everything I do to have humor in it, because it seems to me that all of life has that.

There's something that's really fun about the challenge of making the mundane funny, too, I think.

To me the goal of comedy is to just laugh, which is a really high hearted thing, visceral connection and reaction.

No matter what I have to say, I'm still trying to say it in comedic form.

I can't live without a sense of humor. I need to be laughing and entertained at all times.

For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.

I don't think that there's necessarily a side to drama that has to be completely bleak. You have to have a flicker of humor 'cause everyone has a flicker of humor, something they find funny in life.

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

I have a good sense of humor. I think everything we do should have whimsy in it.

I'm a laugher and a lover of comedy.

I think in life, the sense of humor and comedy always exists.

Comedy is great; you get to laugh! Life is so serious.

My only goal is to make you laugh, not tell you the truth.

Humor is a blessing to me. My earliest recollections are of looking at something and seeing the lighter side. But it's always spontaneous. I couldn't write a comedy skit for someone else.

I like to make people laugh and have fun.

Comedy is really exciting to me.

I always gravitate toward the humor in something.

I don't think humor is something to be afraid of.

I think everything benefits from a little comedy. The worst thing to me is to see a great drama or a great thriller with no laughs.

Comedy provides an escape from the horrors of real life.