Comedy Writing Quotes

“I found out I had a real love for comedy and comedy writing. The logic was, there weren't too many female comedians, so I thought I might as well try a field that had fewer competitors than the field I was in, which was acting, singing and dancing.”

“I love the satire and skewering of comedy writing.”

“I love a good laugh as well, I think that's so important in life, which is probably why I've dabbled in comedy writing as well as horror. I think if you can make someone laugh or smile it's the most special thing in the world.”

“Tweeting is a great way to practice writing jokes, but there is so much more to comedy writing than just jokes. Jokes are a necessity, but you also have to learn how to write characters, to break a story, to keep coherence between episodes. I've learned more by being a TV writer than I ever could've on my own.”

“Writing a whole series was a crash course in screenwriting, which is a very different muscle to standup comedy writing.”

“I was completely unqualified to get into Harvard. But then I went to my interview for Harvard, and the woman asked, 'Why do you want to go here?' And I took out all of my comedy writing samples that I had done. I couldn't have been more delusional in terms of what I thought they wanted in a candidate for college.”

“Good comedy writing is always coming from truth.”

“I love '30 Rock.' It's one of my favorite shows. It's certainly the gold standard of comedy writing.”

“One thing you learn from comedy writing, or sketch writing, is just to be vicious about cutting. Do not get sentimental about cutting. That bit doesn't work, get it out.”

“Comedy writing is the hardest, and yet there's so much that's relatable in it.”

“I've always navigated my way around the comedy writing rooms because I didn't want to cater to this side and that side; I just wanted to be liked by everybody.”

“Twitter is comedy writing. It's one-liners that give way to fully fleshed-out thoughts.”

“Comedy writing is taking the brief thought and going with it.”