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Gag Quotes

Moon Unit Zappa quote: "Gag me with a spoon!"
Gag me with a spoon! Moon Unit Zappa
Jack Benny quote: "Gags die, humor doesn't."
Gags die, humor doesn't. Jack Benny
Sometimes, you start with the drawing and then the gag comes to you in the middle of it. That is when you start working on the solution of the gag, which is composition, placing, equilibrium, and character design. Sergio Aragones
Iggy: "I'll grab a zebra; Gaz, you fill all the bubbles with your trademark scent. so people are choking and gagging; and let's throw beef jerky in their eyes! Now, that's a plan! James Patterson
Then, in the twentieth century, speed up your camera. Books cut shorter. Condensations, Digests, Tabloids. Everything boils down to the gag, the snap ending. Ray Bradbury
How do you gag the voice in your head that says, 'You don't have to go to the gym today. There's always tomorrow. C'mon, my friend, it's just one plate of curly fries. Yes, just for you!' (My inner voice reminds me of a particularly aggressive rug salesman at a Turkish bazaar.) A. J. Jacobs
a few of the principles by which I live: A good gag is worth any amount of time, money and effort; never draw to fill an inside straight; always keep score in games, never in love; never say 'Muskrat Ramble'; always keep them guessing; never listen to the same conversation twice; and (this is the hard part) listen to no one. Annie Dillard
Robert Englund quote: "The modern horror audience is wise to our tricks this lets it..."
The modern horror audience is wise to our tricks this lets it in on the gag. Robert Englund
Ron Davies quote: "I've made it abundantly clear and I'll repeat yet again..."
I've made it abundantly clear and I'll repeat yet again there's no question of gagging individuals. Ron Davies
I would like to thank the people who encouraged me to draw army cartoons at a time when the gag man's conception of the army was one of mean ole sergeants and jeeps which jump over mountains. Bill Mauldin
Whenever I catch a chunk of an Adam Sandler comedy on cable, it looks as badly shot and goofily tossed off as a Jerry Lewis gag reel once he hit the late downslide with 'Hardly Working' and 'Cracking Up.' James Wolcott
Who is more to be pitied, a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one living in perfect freedom who has nothing more to say? Kurt Vonnegut
Hart Crane quote: "I got so I simply gagged everytime I sat before my desk to..."
I got so I simply gagged everytime I sat before my desk to write an ad. Hart Crane
John Updike quote: "But for a few phrases from his letters and an odd line or two..."
But for a few phrases from his letters and an odd line or two of his verse, the poet walks gagged through his own biography. John Updike
If you start to disrespect the character you're playing, or play it too much for laughs, that can work for a sketch, it will sell some gags, but it's all technique. It's like watching a juggler - you can be impressed by it, but it's not going to touch you in any way. Steve Coogan

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