"Comedy has to be done en clair. You can’t blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear."
― James Thurber
Topic(s): Famous
― James Thurber
More From James Thurber
- "The most dangerous food is wedding cake."
- "Love is what you’ve been through with somebody."
- "The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy, cannot be understood unless one sits among the audience and feels the warmth created by the quality of laughter that the audience takes home with it."
More In Famous
- "I’ve had to deal, a lot, with my own sense of intimidation at meeting famous people – especially actors, but really any famous people."― Charlie Kaufman
- "When we were growing up our parents somehow made it clear that being famous was good. And I mistakenly thought that if I was famous then everyone would love me."― Ellen DeGeneres
- "I’d rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous."― Ani DiFranco