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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

May, Planet, Terrifying, Possibility

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

- Denis Norden

Decision, Get, Anyone, Defy

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

- Denis Norden

Laughter, Audience, Show, Malicious

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

Work, Comedy, Offer, Root

There's an unseen force which lets birds know when you've just washed your car.

- Denis Norden

Your, Which, Lets, Washed

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

Very, Use, Added, Finished

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

- Denis Norden

Other, Making, Like, Comedians

Everyone who appears in a scene gets paid.

- Denis Norden

Everyone, Paid, Gets, Appears

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

Memory, Like, About, Holidays

Frank liked administrative work and was good at it.

- Denis Norden

Work, Good, Administrative, Frank

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