quotes about Comedy Writing

“Marriage requires the giving and keeping of confidences, the sharing of thoughts and feelings, respect and understanding always, marriage requires humility - the humility to repent, the humility to forgive. Marriage requires flexibility (to give and take) and firmness: not to compromise principles. And a wise and moderate sense of humor. Both need to be pulling together in the same direction.”

“Obviously, I have a lot of memories here... but at the same time I'm going to put all my energies into moving forward and doing my best for the Thrashers.”

“You don't come to terms with something before you do it. It's only after you've done it that you realize, you know, maybe that wasn't the best thing to do. Sometimes you gotta fall down to know the feeling to get up.”

“People say children from broken homes have it hard, but the children of charmed marriages have their own particular challenges.”

“A true gangster can smell out a person's strenghts and weaknesses in a matter of minutes, but what they can sense most of all, what their bodies are most attuned to, is the scent of fear.”

Source : Lorenzo Carcaterra (2002). “Gangster”, p.311, Ballantine Books

“Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits.”

“Give the public what they want. What you want is unimportant.”

“The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God.”

“My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder.”

“Happiness is an enemy. It weakens you. Suddenly, you have something to lose.”

Source : "Rush's soap washes away subtleties of James Hunt and Niki Lauda" by Richard Williams, www.theguardian.com. September 6, 2013.