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.
Copy QuoteImagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
Copy Quote View & ShareA person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.
Copy Quote View & ShareAnalyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
Copy Quote View & ShareI love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person.
Copy Quote View & ShareMost comedy is based on getting a laugh at somebody else's expense. And I find that that's just a form of bullying in a major way. So I want to be an example that you can be funny and be kind, and make people laugh without hurting somebody else's feelings.
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