Funny How: Letters to a Young Comedian

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Comics start out with a hypothesis, test out its validity, and then repeat that test over and over again. The data we measure: Laughter.
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"Don’t get trapped in their world of box office numbers. You don’t work for the world of box office numbers. You work for the world."
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“The material is the gold. The material is what makes you want to go onstage again."
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Go personal and realize low hanging fruit might just be the right approach.
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The "No. 1 rule" in standup according to Richard Belzer.
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"It's a joke about essentially nothing but simultaneously everything."
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On clapter and more.
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George Saunders: Try to quit. See if you can. Either way, you'll get your answer.
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