Quote

Comedy just pokes at problems, rarely confronts them squarely. Drama is like a plate of meat and potatoes, comedy is rather the dessert, a bit like meringue.

Woody Allen

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Woody Allen
Age: 88
Born: 1935
Born: December 1
Author
Character Actor
Clarinetist
Comedian
Composer
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Jazz Musician
Journalist
Musician
Playwright
The Bronx
New York City
Allan Stewart Konigsberg
Allen Stewart Konigsberg
Heywood Allen
Like
Drama
Confronts
Humor
Poke
Problems
Dessert
Comedy
Plate
Bits
Potatoes
Rather
Plates
Funny
Rarely
Pokes
Problem
Meat
Squarely

More quotes by Woody Allen

Image
Life is for the living.
Woody Allen
Image
Culturally speaking, I was raised in a Jewish household. In addition to the religious side of it, I was taught respect for books and learning and the higher professions like medicine and law and teaching.
Woody Allen
Image
I should have known something was wrong with my first wife. When I brought her home to meet my parents, they approved of her.
Woody Allen
Image
Dying is like making love, except you don't get naseous afterwards.
Woody Allen
Image
Until you've been kissed on a rainy Parisian afternoon - you've never been kissed.
Woody Allen
Image
There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?
Woody Allen
Image
Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.
Woody Allen
Image
Notes for a ballet, The Spell: ... Suddenly Sigmund hears the flutter of wings, and a group of wild swans flies across the moon ... Sigmund is astounded to see that their leader is part swan and part woman - unfortunately, divided lengthwise. She enchants Sigmund, who is careful not to make any poultry jokes.
Woody Allen
Image
In perpetrating a revolution, there are two requirements: someone or something to revolt against and someone to actually show up and do the revolting. Dress is usually casual and both parties may be flexible about time and place, but if either faction fails to attend, the whole enterprise is likely to come off badly.
Woody Allen
Image
Enthusiasm is a good engine, but it needs intelligence for a driver.
Woody Allen
Image
Fantasy is only a state of mind that you can employ when existing in a real context.
Woody Allen
Image
I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.
Woody Allen
Image
I've often felt that life is a hard deal and it's unrelentingly tragic and an uphill fight.
Woody Allen
Image
I work for a company that makes deceptively shallow serving dishes for Chinese restaurants.
Woody Allen
Image
My father worked for the same firm for 12 years. They fired him and replaced him with a tiny gadget that does everything my father does, only much better. The depressing thing is my mother ran out and bought one
Woody Allen
Image
You'll live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to.
Woody Allen
Image
Regarding love what can you say? It's not the quantity of your sexual relations that counts. It's the quality. On the other hand if the quantity drops below once every eight months, I would definitely look into it.
Woody Allen
Image
If you aren't failing every now and then, you're probably playing it too safe.
Woody Allen
Image
Sex between a man and a woman can be absolutely wonderful provided you get between the right man and the right woman.
Woody Allen
Image
I can't even make a leap of faith to believe in my own existence.
Woody Allen