Funny Billy Collins Quotes & Sayings

There's something very authentic about humor, when you think about it. Anybody can pretend to be serious. But you can't pretend to be funny. — Billy Collins

When I write, I'm not trying to be funny. It's the way I look at the world. — Billy Collins

Discovering Samuel Beckett in college was a big deal for me. I realized you could be very funny and very dark at the same time. — Billy Collins

I don't think I've ever written a poem whose intention was just to be funny. I've written poems that start out funny and often shift into something more serious. — Billy Collins

Humor, for me, is really a gate of departure. It's a way of enticing a reader into a poem so that less funny things can take place later. It really is not an end in itself, but a means to an end. — Billy Collins