I never worry about people not taking my work seriously as a result of the humor. In the end the comic's best trick is the illusion that comedy is effortless. That people imagine what he's doing is easy is an occupational hazard.
I have to have a character worth caring about. I tend not to start writing...
Humor results when society says you can't scratch certain things in public...
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.
