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I do not have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.

On the stage you are there, it is live. There is a beginning, a middle, an end. When something is funny you hear it right away.

Some of the writers I admire who seem very, very funny and very emotional to me can develop a closeness with the reader without giving too much of themselves away. Lorrie Moore comes to mind, as does David Sedaris. When they write, the reader thinks that they are being trusted as a friend.

I think a lot of humor is about distracting yourself. Pretend you are not trying to make it funny. Because for some reason the effort to be funny smells like sulphur in our culture.

It is funny. People often compare me to other humor essayists. They are usually quite nice comparisons I will accept those gladly. But I am always sort of appalled at the idea of being lumped with other, more chick-y female writers. And the truth is probably that neither comparison is accurate.

Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is a form of service journalism. To be successful, I think it has to be a combination of a good story, it has to be funny, and it also needs to be packed with useful information.

With improv, it is a combination of listening and not trying to be funny.

For a culture that has such a problem with death, we seem to deal with it in a quite bizarre way. We see people shot, killed and blown up, and we find it funny and sexy and all those things. But, the reality of it is that every day people die, and people are really sad and they grieve and they go through a really difficult process with it.

Sometimes I feel like there are people just waiting for me to fall. The funny thing is, I can not give them anything. I have just never been a partier, even in school.

It is funny. When I saw the script in my inbox and it said Sparkle, I thought, For real? It is really called Sparkle?' I was wondering, too, how does Jordin Sparks as Sparkle sound?

I am so single. It is funny. I am usually a relationship girl. I love being in love and having a partner in crime. But it is good to be your own partner in crime. God, that makes me sound like I have multiple-personality disorder.

I think things are funny when the character is taking it totally seriously.

The word Spanx was funny. It made people laugh. No one ever forgot it.

It is painful for me to watch someone who is not funny. It is horrifying to sit in the back and watch some guy who just totally sucks.

If you are a great dramatic actor then you often do not know if people are enjoying your stuff at all because they are sitting there in silence. But with comedy it is a simple premise. If it is funny, people laugh. If it is not, they do not.

The surprising thing is that I was not funny in high school. I was always jealous of the funny kids because they always got the girls. I couldn't tell a joke to save my life.

I do not really necessarily think I am a funny guy, but I like the opportunity to take on something that I do not feel I am the best at doing.

I am never afraid to try something if I think it is funny. And I know I will regret it if I do not.

Here is my prescription to heal all wounds. Watch the film Funny Girl at least five times, eat at least 45 chocolate bars, and hang out with all those friends you blew off to hang out with your ex. I truly believe that, through a combination of Nutella, old pals and Barbra Streisand, we can achieve happiness and, very probably, world peace.

My size has helped make me an amazing performer too. The cliche of the Funny Fat Friend: I absolutely was that character - I am that character... It is a complicated bag of tools I acquired, and I have put them all to work onstage.