“There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.”

“Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.”

“The source of all humor is not laughter, but sorrow.”

“Humor is tragedy plus time.”

“Farce may often border on tragedy; indeed, farce is nearer tragedy in its essence than comedy is.”

“To me, tragedy is if I'll cut my finger, that's tragedy…Comedy is if you walk into an open sewer and die.”

“1. Laughter is the Wild Body's song of triumph.
2. Laughter is the climax in the tragedy of seeing, hearing and smelling self-consciously.
3. Laughter is the bark of delight of a gregarious animal at the proximity of its kind.
4. Laughter is an independent, tremendously important, and lurid emotion.
5. Laughter is the representative of Tragedy, when Tragedy is away.
6. Laughter is the emotion of tragic delight.
7. Laughter is the female of Tragedy.
8. Laughter is the strong elastic fish, caught in Styx, springing and flapping about until it dies.
9. Laughter is the sudden handshake of mystic violence and the anarchist.
10. Laughter is the mind sneezing.
11. Laughter is the one obvious commotion that is not complex, or in expression dynamic.
12. Laughter does not progress. It is primitive, hard and unchangeable.”

“It's so laughable that it's somewhere beyond comedy and right into tragedy again.”

“Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.”

“Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.”