The difference between tragedy and comedy: Tragedy is something awful happening to somebody else, while comedy is something awful happening to somebody else.
Comedy comes from tragedy, and being Iranian in America from 1979 on had been quite tragic. In stand-up comedy, I was able to take the reality and exaggerate it.
I feel bad for people who die on Valentine's Day. How much would flowers cost then, ten grand?
I invested in the 'Globe' because it is one of the best and most important news organizations in the world. We saw this vividly in the days and weeks after the tragic Boston Marathon bombings, and we also see it in many other ways every day.
No movie has ever been able to provide a catharsis for the Holocaust, and I suspect none will ever be able to provide one for 9/11. Such subjects overwhelm art.
Poor decisions and bad luck are contingencies of most horror films.
He who is still laughing is he who hasn't heard the terrible news.
The path towards a free society has not been simple. There are tragic and glorious pages in our history.
I come from a family that has been here for almost 200 years. My ancestors started a very dangerous gunpowder business in 1802, and my great- grandfather and his father were both killed in gunpowder explosions.
I love the flamboyance, the melodrama, the bloody theatre of Russian history.
I'm fascinated by the period that goes from the Industrial Revolution to right after World War II. There's something about that period that's epic and tragic.
Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.
History is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes
I decided that it might be interesting to have terrible things happen to orphans over and over again.
'Tragedy' and 'Loud City Song' are both inspired by stories from the past.
History is a tragedy, not a morality tale.
The causes of illusions are not pretty to discover. They're either vicious or tragic.
As a society, we must not allow human rights abuses to go unnoticed and undocumented; it is a vital mission to fight ignorance of these tragic events.
Disastrous would have been the result if a fire or a death had suddenly demanded something heroic of human nature, but tragedies come in the hungry hours.
My life has been tragic and disastrous since birth.
I want my work to become part of our visual history, to enter our collective memory and our collective conscience. I hope it will serve to remind us that history's deepest tragedies concern not the great protagonists who set events in motion but the countless ordinary people who are caught up in those events and torn apart by their remorseless fury. I have been a witness, and these pictures are my testimony. The events I have recorded should not be forgotten and must not be repeated.
The Vietnam War was a tragedy waiting to happen, but one made much worse by countless errors along the way, in many of which I had a part.
There are moments in history when brooding tragedy and its dark shadows can be lightened by recalling great moments of the past.
I never cared about whatever tragic event happened in China. It's faraway decoration, even if in blood and plague.
I didn't wish those tragedies upon the people who played them out. It was certainly tragic for them, but not for me. All of those things brought me to where I am. Without those things, I couldn't be who I am, I wouldn't be here.
