Quotes by Rosten, Leo

A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by >>

In the dark colony of night, when I consider man's magnificent capacit >>

The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help >>

Quotations about Humor

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs-jolt >>

A jest often decides matters of importance more effectual and happily >>

Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a jok >>

Humor is, I think, the sublets and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not accidental that there are a thousand novelists, essayists, poets or journalists for each humorist. It is a long, long time between James Thurbers

Rosten, Leo