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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 is created when someone is trying very earnestly to do what he feels is the right thing to do at that moment.

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

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

There is a universality to comedy.

Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.

Comedy is inherently subversive because it turns the normal reality on its head. The art form is all about these questions and contradictions. In comedy, we're dealing with language that we all understand, but words can have a dozen other things around them that alter or affect meaning.

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.