There are certain sorts of jokes which have only to do with the substitution of the unexpected word in a familiar context. If you translated... →
Tom Stoppard
I'm good at being funny.
I remember nearly having a fit of the giggles during the reading because dear Daniel was SO respectful and serious and I was finding the whole... →
Madeleine Stowe
Michael is a funny character, for whom I have a great deal of affection. He sat across his desk and seemed to be a bit of a blunt fellow. We began... →
I'm afraid that this is me getting on my high horse now but we have yob television, yob newspapers, and funny enough whereas it was my mum and... →
Gordon Strachan
There's a rule of writing: if everything is funny, nothing is funny; if everything is sad, nothing is sad. You want that contrast.
J. Michael Straczynski
You can't be funny unless you're tragic, and you can't be tragic unless you're funny.
Elaine Stritch
I'm funny when I want to be. And I'm even funny when I don't want to be.
I was voted funniest person in my middle-school yearbook. So I guess I was funny in middle school?
Cecily Strong
I always feel the most validated and confident being around people that I find funny - having Fred Armisen laugh at a scene or Bill Hader or Seth... →