Going to AA helped me to see that there were other people who had problems that had found a way to talk about them and find relief and humor through that.

I've always been really dark, and drawn to darker humor. Nothing has been forced, and I don't say anything for shock value.

To me, sadness and humor aren't disrelated and humor is the best tool I've had against the sadness in my life.

It's continuously humbling to work hard, you know? As long as you've got a good work ethic and a sense of humor, I don't think anybody can become too much of an egoist under those circumstances.

It's good to be able to laugh at yourself and the problems you face in life. Sense of humor can save you.

My humor is traced with dark - I've got dark patches all over the place.

Laughter is involuntary. If it's funny you laugh.

Some people say my humor focuses too much on stereotypes. It doesn't. It focuses on facts.

It's always the girl comedy and the guy comedy. It bums me out. You'd think there'd be a progression, from James L. Brooks and Nora Ephron into more subtle humor and behavior and psychology. All these interesting things people can learn about themselves by watching talented writers comment intelligently on someone else's emotional life.

Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign that he wants all the truth.

I've heard too many times where people say that I'm this ultra-serious guy. In truth, I've got an extremely absurd sense of humor. I thrive on the absurd - I love it.

If you stop and think about it, nearly all great humor is at the expense of someone or something.

I often have said that to be a college president, you need a thick skin, a good sense of humor, and nerves like sewer pipes.

I'm going to do a lot of weird stuff that's not going to be like me prancing around like an insane 12-year-old. I showed everybody that side of me and I think it's time to do different stuff, even when it comes down to the type of humor. I want to do some drier, weirder stuff.

A man's man is respectful, he's honorable, he's loyal, he's sensitive, he's strong, he's tough, he's well-groomed, he has a sense of humor - and he takes care of himself and his lady.

I need a man with a good sense of humor and a kind heart.

Newspaper people, once celebrated as founts of ribald humor and uncouth fun, have of late lost all their gaiety, and small wonder.

There are just certain things that turn my head. It may be a girl's sense of humor, it may be her wit, or her belief system; it could be a lot of different things.

I don't think arrested-adolescent humor will fade. Maybe the form will change, but I guarantee its replacement will still be based in immature behavior from mature figures.

Laughter, and the broader category of humor, are key elements in helping us go on with our life after a loss.

Any attempts at humor immediately after September 11th were deemed tasteless.

Humor can be one of our best survival tools.

Gamer humor ranges all over the place. What it comes down to is taking a lot of what we see in gaming and we're familiar with in gaming and being like, 'OK, hold on, let's re-examine this for a second. Isn't this funny? Isn't this strange? Isn't this a little bit ridiculous?' That's where it is.

From an early age onward, it was said that 'Ingmar has no sense of humor.'

Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?

Bringing humor and bringing happiness and joy to an audience is a wonderful opportunity in life, believe me.

My fam is just a regular family. But all of them have great senses of humor.

I think American guys tend to be a bit more forward, a bit more chatty and open than the Brits. The Brits seem to have a darker sense of humor, though I have met some Americans who have adopted bits of the British dry sense of humor as well.

That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.

Humor without sadness underneath it feels cheap and aggressive.

I like men who have goals, something that they are passionate about and work hard to achieve. A good sense of humor is important too. And I like tall guys!

I love a girl with a sense of humor. Someone who can make me laugh and that I can get along with and talk with and who is just sweet overall, inside and out.

I find humor to be the most attractive characteristic, but I certainly won't cancel anything out, considering when you love someone you love someone, and sometimes you just can't explain it.

I will say that as I get older and calmer and quieter in my own self, the one quality in a woman that I find more and more attractive is kindness. A sense of adventure and humor is important too, but I truly find kindness and consideration for others to be the most attractive thing in anyone.

People often think that you have a sense of humor because you think that life is funny. Life isn't funny at all. It's appalling and tragic.

If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor.

Humor works, and it's the best way to get attention without spending a lot of money.

Rowling is a luminous storyteller. I love her sense of humor and the intricate wizarding world she built around Hogwarts. I think all writers aspire to be like her, to capture readers like she does. But I didn't think about 'Harry Potter' when I wrote 'The Bone Season.'

I think the humor, when applied in the right amount, only serves to intensify the other emotions in a given song; it highlights them, makes them stand out.

The ultimate storyteller is Shakespeare, who was able to get the 'groundlings' to laugh at his bawdy humor and storylines but could still be studied by scholars to this day for the complexity of his language, meter, and symbolism. That's the real guy.

The key to humor is often self-loathing or sarcasm. In a sense, that's how self-loathing is made palatable.

I do talk about celebrity relationships like Kim Kardashian's. I like to find the humor in love.

I was intentionally curbing the impulse to be funny and hiding the ability. I wrote any number of very serious attempts at poems, short stories, novels - horrible. At a certain point, I recognized that it was fun to write dialogue that had a degree of lightness and humor.

I'm interested in people's darkness - and humor in the darkness.

Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion.

You write the way you think about the world. My motto in times of trouble - and I'm speaking of life, not writing - is 'no humor too black.'

I think it's hilarious at 40 years old to bring out my roller skates from 'Starlight Express.' I find the humor and even the sadness in it hilarious and something to celebrate.

Insult is powerful. Insult begets both rage and humor and often at the same time.

Self-deprecating humor and brutal honesty is a really freeing thing.

I think shows that are completely dramatic are a lie. People use humor to cope. That is how we deal with things. In the darkest situations, there's humor. And if you don't show that, you're not being true to real life.