Цитаты на тему: Humor

“ Stephen King has inspired me with his humor and honesty, and his admonition that the author's job is to tell the truth. ”

- Barry Eisler

“ As people, we're generally optimistic, no matter how disabled our lives are, and we find the humor in the darkest situations. ”

- John Wells

“ I would say just start writing. You've got to write every day. Copy someone that you like if you think that perhaps could become your sound, too. I did that with Hemingway, and I thought I was writing just like Hemingway. Then all of a sudden it occurred to me - he didn't have a sense of humor. I don't know anything he's written that's funny. ”

- Elmore Leonard

“ One question about a joke is, how well is the strangeness of the situation resolved? At 'The New Yorker', we retain a lot of incongruity, tapping the playful part of the mind - Monty Python-type stuff. We also try to use humor as a vehicle for communicating ideas. Not editorial comment, but observation. ”

- Robert Mankoff

“ Even celebrities, most people have a sense of humor. Most of the people we meet who we've done on the show, like it. ”

- Matt Stone

“ The humor is essentially dark for a cartoon and sophisticated. But at the same time, being a cartoon gives the writers more freedom than in a normal sitcom. It always pushes the line that, despite human failings, the Simpsons are really decent people. ”

- Dan Castellaneta

“ My platform has been to reach reluctant readers. And one of the best ways I found to motivate them is to connect them with reading that interests them, to expand the definition of reading to include humor, science fiction/fantasy, nonfiction, graphic novels, wordless books, audio books and comic books. ”

- Jon Scieszka

“ I think bands, when they're on the road, they keep their sanity by developing an internal sense of humor. ”

- Ric Ocasek

“ I love Sell Out, I think it's great. I love the jingles. The whole thing as an album is a wonderful piece of work. The cover. Everything about it. It's got humor, great songs, irony. ”

- Roger Daltrey

“ Humor is the ability to see three sides to one coin. ”

- Ned Rorem

“ I'm a pretty tenacious person I get that from my mom. So sometimes, I use dark humor. I can't take myself too seriously. ”

- Art Alexakis

“ If someone is genuine, compassionate and kind, that is a turn-on. A sense of humor is a huge turn on, and that goes hand in hand with intelligence. ”

- Jennifer Nettles

“ I am a candid interview and I have a dark and dry sense of humor - a very Canadian sense of humor and I am only learning now stupidly that you can't read tongue. When I say something funny in a newspaper and I meant it to be funny, it doesn't read that way. ”

- Michael Buble

“ A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally. ”

- John Ratzenberger

“ If you're playing a good guy, you show some darkness. If you're playing a dark guy, you show something different, like humor, that will mix it up and hopefully surpass the audience's expectations. What I'm battling all the time is complacency in the audience. I try to bring a little mystery to what might happen because that engages people more. ”

- Campbell Scott

“ He has such a patronizing tone and manner, and such a sarcastic sense of humor. I found him rather brutal, a kind of elegant brutality which appealed. No, I think he came pretty much off the page. ”

- Jeremy Northam

“ While it is true that Frank had a great sense of humor, he was also very serious about composing music. In reality there are only a handful of skilled players who can play his most complex pieces. It takes a lot of patience to learn and requires a fantastic memory. ”

- Dweezil Zappa

“ I have this idyllic love life, but my mind just won't accept that. I would like to bring a new guy home every night. I try to make humor out of that situation. ”

- Jen Kirkman

“ I need to end up with someone who is strong, intelligent, independent, someone I really admire - sensitive, sensuous, warm, a sense of humor. ”

- Pam Dawber

“ From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere. ”

- Dr. Seuss