Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
Down deep in His heart God is a comedian who loves to make us laugh.
I will laugh at the world. And most of all, I will laugh at myself for man is most comical when he takes himself too seriously.
Now what else is the whole life of mortals, but a sort of comedy in which the various actors, disguised by various costumes and masks, walk on and play each ones part until the manager walks them off the stage?
What is our life? A play of passion. Our mirth the music of division. Our mother's wombs the tyring houses be, Where we are drest for this short Comedy.
God is a great humorist. He just has a slow audience to work with.
Did I play my part well in this comedy of life?
I am interested in shows that are not out-and-out gag fests: you see the truth of a broken heart behind them. That is what life is like: it's really funny, you see funny things as soon as you step out of the room, but underneath that is a whole bag of broken hearts. It's that real pain and that real hilarity that makes life so intriguing.
I think I always wanna write comedy because that's what feels truest to me; it feels closest to life as I know it, so that's what I want to reproduce.
