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In life, comedy occurs naturally, as it should, in the most appalling of circumstances.

Comedy is unique in the sense that laughter is a palpable noise that everyone makes.

Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.

I think that comedy is one of the more serious things that you can do in our day, especially in the world that we're living in.

You know, funny can be universal.

Comedy can't be done in a vacuum, and you can't do it on your own. So if you have a community of people, it's a great symbiotic relationship.

What's great about comedy, obviously, is that you set up a situation that people assume one thing and then you break the assumption. That's basically the backbone to comedy. You set up a situation, let people make an assumption, and then you break the assumption.

I am a passionate believer that comedy is a way of tackling some of the most dark and difficult aspects of being a human being.

Comedy is to force us to observe ourselves in ways that are humorous and yet, at the end of the day, that cause us enough discomfort with the status quo to make a change.

Comedy tends to come out of things which are quite painful and serious.