Everyone seems to see bleakness and despair in my books. I don't read them that way. I see myself as writing comic books, books about ordinary people trying to live ordinary, dull, happy lives while the world is falling to pieces around them.
Life is too tragic for sadness: Let us rejoice.
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
Life is very tough. If you don't laugh, it's tough.
Part of my act is meant to shake you up. It looks like I'm being funny, but I'm reminding you of other things. Life is tough, darling. Life is hard. And we better laugh at everything; otherwise, we're going down the tube.
I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying.
People say that life is a cesspool of darkness and dispair. Well we of Van Halen are sailing through it in a yacht!
reality can be magnificent even when life is not.
Laughter rises out of tragedy when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage.
The moments that make life worth living are when things are at their worst and you find a way to laugh.
To enjoy the rainbow, first enjoy the rain.
The thing I've noticed about life is that it just keeps coming at you. And it can be a real bummer. What you need to remember is that you're not alone. You've got friends and family. That's how we get by. We talk and share and eat cake and giggle in the dark, even when we're scared - no, especially when we're scared.
Everything is going to hell, but we should smile all the way.
It is OK to be happy in life. Even through all the strife, maybe especially during times of great pain and suffering. We still have to be able to stay close to that joy because we can't save the world in a bad mood.
It's hard to enjoy practical jokes when your whole life feels like one.
Comedy is defiance. It's a snort of contempt in the face of fear and anxiety. And it's the laughter that allows hope to creep back on the inhale.
As humans we like to laugh at our fears, we like to whistle in the dark.
If one tends to be a humorous person and you have a sense of humor the rest of your life then you can certainly lighten the load, I think, by bringing that to your trials and tribulations. It's easy to have a sense of humor when everything is going well.
I'm a big believer in, no matter what you go through in life, as long as you can laugh your way through it, you're going to be okay.
Dark comedy helped me survive.
Anything that gives us pain can be transformed into this, into beautiful moments shared with friends.
When I am consumed by my problems-stressed out about my life, my family, and my job-I actually convey the belief that I think the circumstances are more important than God's command to always rejoice.
If you can't learn to enjoy your life when you have problems, you may never enjoy it because we'll always have problems.
It's hard for people to see how they can change how dismal things look, but there are still wonderful things to sing about. Music is the only way we are capable of talking about the most important things.
