Joan Rivers Quotes & Sayings (Page 11)

“We don't apologize for a joke. We are comics. We are here to make you laugh. If you don't get it, then don't watch us.”

“When you whisper about something, it's too big, and you can't get it under control and take control of it.”

“I think I'm in a business where you have to look good, and it's totally youth-oriented.”

“I will work as hard as I do because I love it.”

“I would not want to live if I could not perform. It's in my will. I am not to be revived unless I can do an hour of stand-up.”

“I'm a New York girl. I come out of New York theater.”

“I've always been salaried; I've never owned anything. I've done very well, lived very well.”

“Reading should be a pleasure, not a chore.”

“I didn't want to do 'Fashion Police' because I thought, 'This is stupid, this is beneath me, who wants to talk about fashion?' It has taken off. We are the number one show in England on E! Who knew?”

“I truly think comedy is - being funny is DNA. My dad was a doctor, a wonderful doctor, and people still come up to me today, 'Your father helped my mother die.' You know what I'm saying? He made her laugh 'til she died. My father was always very funny.”