Quotes by Denis Norden

About Denis Norden:

Denis Mostyn Norden is a retired English comedy writer and television presenter. After an early career working in cinemas, he began scriptwriting during World War II. From 1948 to 1959, he co-wrote the successful BBC Radio comedy programme Take It From Here with Frank Muir. Muir and Norden remained associated for more than 50 years: after they stopped collaborating on scripts, they appeared regularly together on radio panel programmes My Word! and My Music.
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There's an unseen force which lets birds know when you've just washed your car.

Denis Norden

Frank liked administrative work and was good at it.

Denis Norden

And when you're on your own there is that terrifying possibility that you may be the only person on the planet who thinks it's funny - and you have no way of finding out.

Denis Norden

I used to like writing for comedians - I enjoyed the challenge of making other people funny.

Denis Norden

It's like your children talking about holidays, you find they have a quite different memory of it from you. Perhaps everything is not how it is, but how it's remembered.

Denis Norden

Then after that came word processors and it's hard to make those laugh.

Denis Norden

Everyone who appears in a scene gets paid.

Denis Norden

I defy anyone to get a decision that quickly these days.

Denis Norden

If the laughter of the audience was malicious we wouldn't show it.

Denis Norden

The comedians all finished their acts with a song. They would get a certain amount of money from the song publishers and would use that money to pay the writers. None of them paid very much for their comedy material, but it all added up.

Denis Norden

And if you can offer an explanation as to why it doesn't work then you've got to the whole root of comedy.

Denis Norden

Author Bio

  • NameDenis Norden
  • DescriptionBritish comedy scriptwriter and television presenter
  • BornFebruary 6, 1922
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionComedian