I've never been to a dinner party where everyone at the dinner table didn't say something funny. -Lorrie Moore Funny
I don't sit down to write a funny story. Every single thing I sit down to write is meant to be sad. -Lorrie Moore Sad
When I was in graduate school, I had a teacher who said to me, 'Women writers should marry somebody who thinks writing is cute. Because if they really realised what writing was, they would run a mile.' -Lorrie Moore Teacher
You know, I'm just a very boring, not very funny person in person. I don't feel pressured to be otherwise. -Lorrie Moore Funny