Auberon Waugh Quotes

Trying to be witty leads to lying, more or less.

My own luck has been curious all my literary life; I never could tell a lie that anyone would doubt, nor a truth that anybody would believe.

As a comedian, I think we all look for those areas where the truth diverts from what people are saying. That's why politics is such a rich area for us, because politicians make promises, and they don't keep them, and when we point out the difference, we get the laugh.

You can be funny and say what you mean; these ideas are not mutually exclusive. Some of the best jokes came from people who meant it. See: Pryor, Bruce, Carlin, etc.

A lot of truth is said in jest.

I am trying to work out what my taste is, comedy-wise. I look up to stand up comedians who appear to be telling the truth, but I don't mind if they are lying.

I love that I can tell the truth and have people laugh at it.

Comedy is just honesty. Whether things are going well or bad.

You have to be so honest in comedy.

Sometimes, I use humor because I believe in revealing truth in a way that other forms cannot.

I don't lie to you," Alan said. "I lie WITH you." Sin stopped looking up at him from under her eyelashes and burst out laughing. Alan went red. "So I've just realized how that come out. Uh.

It amused me to think that one can tell the truth when one is drunk and nobody will believe it.

For the record, I don't expect you to believe any of this. Not really. I'm a liar by trade, after all; albeit, I like to think, an honest liar.

A friend once said, and I found to be true,That everyday people, they lie to God too,So what makes you think, that they won't lie to you.

The difficulty with humorists is that they will mix what they believe with what they don't; whichever seems likelier to win an effect.

Lying is too much trouble. You have to make sure to taste each word before letting it off your tongue. I hate that. It's hard enough making people understand without lying.

I tell the truth and I don't try to sugarcoat things. But I also decided that if you don't use humor or satire, then it's just too dark all the time. And one of my favorite literary works is A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift. As you know, that was an enormously famous satire piece that was able to point out, you know, things to people in a different way. And I do believe that satire and humor can reveal truth in a way that sometimes doesn't get revealed through other means. And so I decided to, every now and then, use satire and humor as well.

"I'm sorry," she said humbly. "I haven't wanted to lie to you." "I should hope so. You're the worst liar I've ever met." He thought about it for a moment, then added, " - or the best. Now I'm all confused.

Always tell the truth, and people will never believe you.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world.

Sometimes a witticism has no truth behind it.

I think comedy stems from being honest, often painfully so. I hope I can achieve that perspective in my own life and also have fun.

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

You shouldn't get too close to the truth, because then maybe you stop being funny.