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
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Category: Clock Quotes
Posted on: June 14, 2008 3:50 AM, by Coturnix
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
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Indeed and thank ...
[Authority of preference]
Thurber is unique
as is:
Twain
Shakespeare
Wayne & Shuster
Lenny Bruce
don marquis
Walter Mathau
Charlie Chaplin
John Stewart
Buster Keaton
et al
That is how humor works.
It is the hardest trade available to those with a sense of humor.
--ml
Everyone unique
The only best way to be.
Posted by: Martin Langeland | June 14, 2008 10:19 PM
nb: "are" by definition is plural and therefore not unique.
Hence "is"
--ml
Posted by: Martin Langeland | June 14, 2008 10:22 PM