The secret to humor is surprise.
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Humor comes from the surprise release of some buried tension.
You can analyse a joke and say it's funny because this guy thought this was going to happen, and that happened, and it's surprising. But not all surprising things are funny.
Comedy is surprises, so if you're intending to make somebody laugh and they don't laugh, that's funny.
The element of surprise - where you think you know where a joke is going, and then you're wrong. Those are my favorite kind of jokes.
Humor's always been the problem of my work, hasn't it? When working, I feel satisfied when I surprise myself. And when I surprise myself, I wind up laughing.
Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.
Surprises can be compelling.
Humor comes from self-confidence.
Comedy is surprise. Comedy is not something that you can, necessarily, do twice.
Surprise is not humor. I think that there can be a fine line there.