Point of life

Comedy is surprises, so if you’re intending to make somebody laugh and they don’t laugh, that’s funny.

The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

If the premise is clear, the jokes will come.

The first beat explains it, the second beat explores it, the third beat breaks it.

Sketch comedy is about taking one idea and heightening it relentlessly.

The job of the comedian is to know which line to cross.

A comedian is simply an actor who refuses to take himself seriously