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The reason I'm writing funny books is that I wish there were more. -- Christopher Moore
I reach for funny books all the time to help me get through life. -- Laurie Halse Anderson
I think my funny books are my favorites because I like to laugh so much. -- Dav Pilkey
You know, he would go and look at different funny books because he wanted his character to be different and make different faces. I saw a funny book in his room and it looked like the same character he was playing. It was about a duck. -- Bubba Smith
I am eternally grateful for my knack of finding in great books, some of them very funny books, reason enough to feel honored to be alive, no matter what else might be going on. -- Kurt Vonnegut
I've got a bunch of books... I rely on funny books and movies to cheer me up. Oh, but I must say, I do have the world's most perfect husband, so a cuddle from him always cheers me up. He's a good guy. -- Wendi McLendon-Covey
Books are funny little portable pieces of thought. -- Susan Sontag
The books are funny and sad, and that's what people respond to. -- Paula Danziger
The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place. -- Macaulay Culkin
It's funny - my wife is more jealous of my books than of other women because I'm always working and thinking about my books. -- Antonio Lobo Antunes
I'm not funny. People assume that because my books are funny, I'll be funny in real life. It's the inevitable disappointment of meeting me. -- Jonathan Safran Foer
The funny thing in France is that writers are not allowed to retire, because the French government say you are still earning money from books you wrote 20 years ago. -- Peter Mayle
I'm screamingly funny, you know, I really am in the books. And that helps because I'm funnier than a lot of people, I think, and that's appreciated by young people. -- Kurt Vonnegut
One thing that's really delightful is my books tend to attract people who are funny, so I get the benefit of people writing me with things that crack me up. -- Christopher Moore
In my experience, it's not just that serious books get a hearing on comedy shows. But serious books get a serious hearing, as well as a funny one, on comedy shows. -- Michael Mandelbaum
So while it is true that I find really dark stuff funny sometimes, it's also true that as a writer of books I want to have the whole range of human emotions. -- Rick Moody
My studio, nicknamed 'Funny Farm,' is in a hidden location. It's very private. Not only do I create my photography there, but it is also where I write my books and create music. -- Nikki Sixx
I make big objects that are simple, bright and clear, kind of ironic but hopefully funny because I love the shapes, and I get inspiration from toys and books, and I believe in art for everyone. -- Florentijn Hofman
I don't write literary fiction - I write books that are entertaining, but are also, I hope, well-constructed and thoughtful and funny and have things to say about men and women and families and children and life in America today. -- Jennifer Weiner
I get tired of comedies where there are a bunch of funny guys and a beautiful woman who doesn't do anything funny. And I don't like books where there's a rough-and-tumble boy and a really clever, snotty girl. That's just not my experience with teenagers. -- Patrick Ness
An early editor characterized my books as 'romantic comedy for intelligent adults.' I think people see them as funny but kind. I don't set out to write either funny or kind, but it's a voice they like, quirky like me... And you know, people like happy endings. -- Elinor Lipman
I don't hate humanity and I'm not interested in people who do. Although, it's funny, actually, some of my favorite writers really do. Like Martin Amis. My dirty secret. 'London Fields' is one of my favorite books ever. And it's indefensible! But he's so funny... I forgive him everything. -- Elizabeth Gilbert
I write funny nonfiction adventure books about crazy, serious worlds. -- Jon Ronson
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Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful. -- Roald Dahl
I like books that are funny, but that aren't trying to be funny. I like situational humor. -- Shiloh Fernandez
I always tell people it's funny that they think I'm a relationship expert because my two books are about getting out of relationships. -- Greg Behrendt
David Sedaris wrote in one of his books that people like to make children into little grown-ups, which to him is about as funny as a dog in sunglasses. -- Mara Wilson

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