Kaitlin Olson Quotes

The things that make me laugh are considered smart or whatever, I guess. But stuff that's self-consciously intelligent or self-consciously hip or cool, that doesn't do it for me either. You just try to be funny.

Some sarcasm is best told simply.

The understatement is the English contribution to comedy.

I try and write satire that's well-intentioned. But those intentions have to be hidden. It can't be completely clear, and that's what makes it comedy.

In comedy, I hate that cop-out where you say, "Just kidding." I know you're just kidding. Don't insult my intelligence by spelling it out for me that much.

Puns are the droppings of soaring wits.

I've learned that I need to spell out, even in cases seemingly so blatant, that in fact I am not taking this at face value and am being 'sarcastic.'

I value comedy. I value somebody who can be funny.

If you play comedic scenes like they're really serious, then it's so much more funny than if you're going for a laugh.

You can pretend to be serious; but you can't pretend to be witty.

There are elements of irony in my work, of course.

If you use tact you can say anything, then make it funny.

Comedy is only as stupid as you are smart.

At the risk of appearing disingenuous, I don't really think of myself as 'writing humor.' I'm simply reporting on the world I observe, which is frequently hilarious.

But I've never looked at myself as being particularly funny.

It takes intelligence to make real comedy, and it takes a reality base to create all that little stuff I like to do that makes you giggle inside.

Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.

I think at its best the American sense of humor is the same as the British sense of humor at its best, which is to be wry and ironic and self deprecating.

I love smart comedy.

You have to be highly intelligent to get away with a dumb joke. That takes a pretty smart fella.

The comedy in 'Star Trek' is always very subtle, if it's there at all.

It's just something that's sort of funny, sort of not.

Irreverence is easy - what's hard is wit.

The people in New York - their humor is on a level that goes, uh, very deep, you know?

I think that what comes through in Chicago humor is the affection. Even though you're poking fun at someone or something, there's still an affection for it.