I'm not funny. People assume that because my books are funny, I'll be funny in real life. It's the inevitable disappointment of meeting me.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't laugh that much, but I do like humorous books, and I like to entertain readers that way.
I don't think I'm a funny person in general. I have had to learn comedy.
Funny is only something that others know about you - you can't be funny by yourself.
When I'm with other people who inspire my silliness or sense of humor, I'm funny. When I sit down to write, it's hard not to be funny.
Everyone who has ever met me for at least five minutes knows I'm a really funny person. I love to laugh and to make people laugh, so writing comedy comes naturally to me.
Some people expect me to be funny all the time, and I'm not necessarily funny all the time.
I seem to get into situations that make people laugh, but I don't consider myself that funny of a person. I'm not witty. I'm kind of slow in conversations. I'm not that articulate with jokes. The first time I made stuff and screened it for an audience, I was surprised what people were laughing at.
People don't expect me to be as funny as I am.
I'm screamingly funny, you know, I really am in the books. And that helps because I'm funnier than a lot of people, I think, and that's appreciated by young people.
I am funny. No one else thinks I am funny. But I am funny.