“With a comedy, you can easily take away the humor. So it’s very important to keep the pacing of it going, and to keep the lighthearted nature of it going. I think in many ways, a comedy is more difficult than drama”

— Anne Dudley

“The Hustle” Composer Anne Dudley On Her Creative Process And Storytelling Through Music: BUST Interview https://bust.com/movies/196048-anne-dudley-thehustle-interview.html (2019)

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English composer and pop musician 1956

Robert Orben (1928) American magician and writer

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“In this desperate way, I started many a comedy.”

Charlie Chaplin book My Autobiography

Source: My Autobiography

“Comedy is a weird but very beautiful thing. Even though it seems foolish and silly and crazy, comedy has the most to say about the human condition. Because if you can laugh, you can get by. You can survive when things are bad when you have a sense of humor.”

Mel Brooks (1926) American director, writer, actor, and producer

Source: All About Me (New York: Ballantine Books, 2021), p. 451

“Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more.”

Jeannette Walls book The Glass Castle

Source: The Glass Castle

“Humor keeps us alive. Humor and food. Don't forget food. You can go a week without laughing.”

Joss Whedon (1964) American director, writer, and producer for television and film

“I think comedy is the most difficult thing in the world, I really do.”

Martha Graham (1894–1991) American dancer and choreographer

New York Times interview (1985)
Context: I think comedy is the most difficult thing in the world, I really do. One can always lament, you know — but to laugh in the face of life, that's very hard. And for me the great tragedian should also be a great comedian.

“Comedy is a lot harder to do if you don’t go to the mean place. The cheapest laugh you can get is an insult or snarky comment, so if you take that off the table you have to write smarter.”

Dan Povenmire (1963) American television director, writer, producer, storyboard artist, and actor

LIFE IN 2D: DAN POVENMIRE ON THE GREATEST CARTOONS EVER, SALSA MUSIC, AND NOT BEING A JERK https://www.houseofspeakeasy.org/dan-povenmire-interview/ (November 7, 2014)