James Thurber Quotes about Comedy

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The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody's guess.

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody's guess.

James Thurber

Past, Sound, Comedy

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

James Thurber

Fun, World, Comedy

Interview with Edward R. Murrow on "Small World", CBS-TV, March 25, 1959.

Don't get it right, just get it written.

James Thurber

Inspirational Life, Writing, Comedy

James Thurber (1996). “James Thurber: Writings & Drawings (including The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)”, p.562, Library of America

Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.

James Thurber

Tragedy, Comedy, Outlook

1961 Lanterns and Lances,'The Case for Comedy'.

Discussion in America means dissent.

James Thurber

Mean, America, Comedy

James Thurber (1961). “Lanterns & lances”

The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.

James Thurber

Differences, Apathy, Comedy

The Observer, February 05, 1961.

We all have faults, and mine is being wicked.

James Thurber

Wicked, Faults, Comedy

Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards. There is a sense of getting somewhere fast, which satisfies a native American urge.

James Thurber

Native American, Rewards, Comedy

"A Thurber Garland". Book by James Thurber. Preface, 1955.