Zitat des Tages über Humorist:
Humor has to surprise us; otherwise, it isn't funny. It's a death knell for a writer to be labeled a humorist because then it's not a surprise anymore.
Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.
It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.
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.
The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.
I'm not a comic. I'm a humorist.
A humorist is a person who feels bad, but who feels good about it.
