Some major writers have a huge impact, like Ayn Rand, who to my mind is a lousy fiction writer because her writing has no compassion and virtually no humor. She has a philosophical and economical message that she is passing off as fiction, but it really isn't fiction at all. Theodore Sturgeon ayncompassioneconomical share on social
People with a sense of humor tend to be less egocentric and more realistic in their view of the world and more humble in moments of success and less defeated in times of travail. Bob Newhart defeategocentrichumble Change image and share on social
One of the great things about the Internet is that you can read what everybody has to say about everything. It is fascinating to me, the critiques about humor by people who have no sense of humor. Matt Groening critiquefascinategreat Change image and share on social
I'm a Larry David fan, right? And it seems to me that Jewish history from the Talmud on has been a self-deprecating, self-critical kind of humor. Peter Eisenman criticaldaviddeprecate Change image and share on social
I'm a novelist first, and I wrote a bunch of books, and everything I write, I just find people are more interesting when there's an element of humor to it. Jonathan Tropper bookbunchelement Change image and share on social
Quite often, intent on conveying how things can go wrong for a culture (science fiction) or an individual (horror) or all of magical creation (fantasy), works of fantastika often preclude comedy, because humor gets in the way of messages of doom or struggle. Paul Di Filippo comedyconveycreation share on social
I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful. Bob Hope bearablehopefullaugh Change image and share on social
I really love middle-grade. Middle-grade books have a little more of a magical, light-hearted feel. You can be a little bit more quirky, you can have a little more humor. It doesn't get so dark and deep. James Dashner bitebookdark share on social
They don't make you pay for the humor. It's up and down, but they're trying to give you as many laughs as possible in 2 minutes. They are the most honest comedians ever. Mike Judge comediangivehonest Change image and share on social
We have always had gross humor. But we try for funny, not gross. Shawn Wayans funnygrosshumor Change image and share on social
