Edward Norton Quotes

Irreverence is easy - what's hard is wit.

Impropriety is the soul of wit.

That dark humor has always been a part of what I've done. It's always been somewhat tongue-in-cheek.

Puns are the droppings of soaring wits.

You can be funny and say what you mean; these ideas are not mutually exclusive. Some of the best jokes came from people who meant it. See: Pryor, Bruce, Carlin, etc.

My parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles were all funny, and I felt that energy, that delivery, that timing, that sarcasm. All that stuff seeped into my brain.

My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world.

Sometimes a witticism has no truth behind it.

I have a really dark, rich, thick sense of humor.

My best jokes are so cheap. All I do is say things sarcastically.

Humor writing is something that comes naturally to me.

I have wit in my work and a sense of humor, but I do not use irony in any way.

I'm probably doing puns more than anything in my life.

The marvelous thing about a joke with a double meaning is that it can only mean one thing.

I think puns are not just the lowest form of wit, but the lowest form of human behavior.

I think the humor of double puns is incredible.

If I had to describe my sense of humor, I would say it's contemporary wit, you know what I'm saying?

My mother-in-law fell down a wishing well. I was amazed; I never knew they worked.

Jerry Seinfeld is amazing in many ways, not the least of them his ability to find humor, and convincing us to find it, too, in the million-and-two details about modern life that under different circumstances might send us into paroxysms of rage.

Now the point of comedy is not just looking funny, it's use of language. We have at our disposal a great language... and the imaginative, creative use of that language can be at the service of humour.

The funniest line in English is 'Get it?' When you say that, everyone chortles.

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion.

I can't not write funny. It's literally the only way I know how to do it.

Some people say funny things, but I say things funny.

I've always been very upfront about the way I write, and I've always used the tools humorists use, such as exaggeration.