I have lived in the East for nearly thirty years now, but many of my books prove that I am never very far away from Ohio in my thoughts, and that the clocks that strike in my dreams are often the clocks of Columbus.
JAMES THURBERThe act of writing is either something the writer dreads or actually likes, and I actually like it. Even re-writing’s fun. You’re getting somewhere, whether it seems to move or not.
More James Thurber Quotes
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A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.
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Humor and pathos, tears and laughter are, in the highest expression of human character and achievement, inseparable.
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A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
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Discussion in America means dissent.
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The things we laugh at are awful while they are going on, but get funny when we look back. And other people laugh because they’ve been through it too. The closest thing to humor is tragedy.
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She wasn’t much to look at but she was something to think about.
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Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
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Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
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Reason is 6/7 of treason.
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I don’t believe the writer should know too much where he’s going. If he does, he runs into old man blueprintold man propaganda.
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Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.
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The unicorn is a mythical beast.
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Comedy has ceased to be a challenge to the mental processes. It has become a therapy of relaxation, a kind of tranquilizing drug.
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare.
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