
“Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.”
As quoted in Morrow's International Dictionary of Contemporary Quotations (1982) by Jonathon Green
Charlotte Cripps (January 31, 2007) "Stand up and be counted, comedians", The Independent.
“Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.”
As quoted in Morrow's International Dictionary of Contemporary Quotations (1982) by Jonathon Green
“The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.”
Simon Mills (November 14, 2005) "Top Table", The Daily Mail.
Sphinx Society lecture, Brown University, April 3, 2003 (as reported in the Brown Daily Herald
Your Show Blows http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=120614&title=Your-Show-Blows/, October 18, 2004
Crossfire Appearance (2004)
Marshall Fine (January 24, 2000) "Nathan the 'Great'", The Journal News, p. 1E.
Songfacts interview (2007)
Context: The best part of being a songwriter — beyond being able to make a living at it — is what I call the "heart payment" of a song. That's when somebody comes up after a concert and says, "My mom was a single mom, and 'You And Me Against The World' was a really important song to us." Or "We got married to 'We've Only Just Begun'" or 'Evergreen.' Or "'I Won't Last A Day Without You' got me through some hard times.'" That's heart payment for a songwriter.
Michael Specter, (April 8, 1993) "At Home With: Madeline Kahn; Funny? Yes, but Someone's Got to Be" http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE7D9153DF93BA35757C0A965958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1, The New York Times, The New York Times Company
“She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.”
Quoted by her step-daughter Violet in The Listener, June 11, 1953.
Of Lady Desborough.