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One of the things that opened this up for me is realizing he's a humorist, we think of him as a horror, science-fiction master, but he has a perfect pitch tone of comedy. – Jordan Peele	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Maybe Donald Trump is the kind of dry, deadpan humorist who does great material about how terrific dictators are - but if that's the case, he should wait until he retires as president to start breaking out that particular part of his act. – David Litt	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
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 – Leo Rosten	added by anonymous 7 years ago
A humorist is a person who feels bad, but who feels good about it. – Don Herold	added by anonymous 9 years ago
The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people --that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature. – James Thurber	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Humor is, I think, the subtlest 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 – Leo Rosten	added by acronimous 10 years ago
Youve got to be [an] optimist to be a Democrat, and youve got to be a humorist to stay one. – Will Rogers	added by anonymous 10 years ago
The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself. – James Thurber, in Edward R. Murrow television interview	added by anonymous 13 years ago
The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people--that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature. – James Thurber	added by anonymous 13 years ago
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you. – Will Rogers	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Humor is, I think, the subtlest 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. – Leo C. Rosten	added by anonymous 14 years ago
A humorist is a fellow who realizes, first, that he is no better than anybody else, and, second, that nobody else is either. – Homer McLin	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The wit makes fun of other persons the satirist makes fun of the world the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people--that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature. – James Thurber	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The wit makes fun of other persons the satirist makes fun of the world the humorist makes fun of himself. – James Thurber	added by anonymous 14 years ago

One of the things that opened this up for me is realizing he's a humorist, we think of him as a horror, science-fiction master, but he has a perfect pitch tone of comedy.

– Jordan Peele

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Maybe Donald Trump is the kind of dry, deadpan humorist who does great material about how terrific dictators are - but if that's the case, he should wait until he retires as president to start breaking out that particular part of his act.

– David Litt

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

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

– Leo Rosten

added by anonymous
7 years ago

A humorist is a person who feels bad, but who feels good about it.

– Don Herold

added by anonymous
9 years ago

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people --that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.

– James Thurber

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Humor is, I think, the subtlest 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

– Leo Rosten

added by acronimous
10 years ago

Youve got to be [an] optimist to be a Democrat, and youve got to be a humorist to stay one.

– Will Rogers

added by anonymous
10 years ago

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.

– James Thurber, in Edward R. Murrow television interview

added by anonymous
13 years ago

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people--that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.

– James Thurber

added by anonymous
13 years ago

There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.

– Will Rogers