“Some major writers have a huge impact, like Ayn Rand, who to my mind is a lousy fiction writer because her writing has no compassion and virtually no humor. She has a philosophical and economical message that she is passing off as fiction, but it really isn't fiction at all.”

“A lot of my humor centers on the act of telling jokes and I think this can prevent certain audiences from suspending their feeling of disbelief. It might piss a few people off, but I can't help it.”

“A humorist is a person who feels bad, but who feels good about it.”

“Our ability to find humor in the world, to make connections between previously unconnected notions, to create new ideas, to share in a common culture: All these essentially human acts depend on memory.”

“Humor is a social lubricant that helps us get over some of the bad spots.”

“I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.”

“Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.”

“It's hard to force creativity and humor.”

“The best scary movies have great humor in them and a great story.”