Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
JAMES THURBERUnless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only half complete as artist and as man.
More James Thurber Quotes
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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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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man.
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Humourists lead… an existence of jumpiness and apprehension. They sit on the edge of the chair of Literature. In the house of Life they have the feeling that they have never taken off their overcoats.
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Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
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One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.
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The 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.
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I never quite know when I’m not writing. Sometimes my wife comes up to me at a party and says, “Dammit, Thurber, stop writing.” She usually catches me in the middle of a paragraph.
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Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.
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The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.
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Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.
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Don’t get it right, just get it written.
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A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
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Discussion in America means dissent.
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It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
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