Marie Corelli Quotes

Make no mistake: I love women. I'm married to one, I was birthed by one, and I played one in my high school production of 'Romeo and Juliet.' No one else could fit into the bodice.

I have two pets - a dog and a cat.

I love dogs and cats.

'The Ugly Truth' isn't trying to change the world with strong political opinions; it's just trying to entertain you with thoughts and ideas from my crazy mind!

You can make bleak things funny but if you're glib about it, it doesn't work.

Indonesian people don't get satire; that's the thing. There's no thought in our humor.

It's just my natural way - to be funny. I don't know why that is. But as I've said, humor is a quick cover for shock, horror, confusion. The critics hate funny writers for the most part. They think funny is not serious, but I think that funny can be even more serious than nonfunny. And it can be more affecting, too.

And sometimes you can make your point better with comedy than you can through shouting about it.

I am a walking joke.

The whole point of comedy, what's fun, is taking the stupid thought I had and working it into something that makes a bunch of people laugh.

In a satire, you need foolishness.

I think the humor, when applied in the right amount, only serves to intensify the other emotions in a given song; it highlights them, makes them stand out.

The best comedy is based on truth.

There's nothing worse than trying to be funny and not being funny.

Humor is a very personal, subjective thing.

I think everything's funny, to be honest.

All my relatives and friends have been pretty aware of my brand of humor for a while, so none of them have been shocked.

I think politics is extremely funny in and of itself.

I'm not a funny person.

It's rare in satirical comedy not just to be cynical.

I'll see something, and I'll go, 'Oh, wow, that's interesting,' because really, comedy comes from the truth.

I don't think humor is something to be afraid of.

I see the absurdity in things, and I think it's my job to point it out.

I've always found the world funny and enjoy laughing at it, and that's what all comedians do.

If you like dry humor, Henrik Stenson thinks he's very funny, but I think I'm very funny in a dry sense as well.