“Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die.”
Mel Brooks

“To believe in love, to be ready to give up anything for it, to be willing to risk your life for it, is the ultimate tragedy.”
Leonardo DiCaprio

“In all of Shakespeare's plays, no matter what tragic events occur, no matter what rises and falls, we return to stability in the end.”
Charlton Hesto

“It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good comedy, and it's hardest of all to write a drama with comedy. Which is what life is.”
Jack Lemmon

“In drama, the characters should determine the story. In melodrama, the story determines the characters.”
Sidney Lumet