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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.

James Thurber

History is replete with proofs, from Cato the Elder to Kennedy the Younger, that if you scratch a statesman you find an actor, but it is becoming harder and harder, in our time, to tell government from show business.
JAMES THURBER

Business Evidence Government History Ourselves Time
I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance – a sharp, vindictive glance.
JAMES THURBER

Man Myself Sharp
Discussion in America means dissent.
JAMES THURBER

Country Discussion
I never really rallied after the birth of my first child.
JAMES THURBER

Born Children Myself
I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed.
JAMES THURBER

Disturb Himself Listening Reason
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
JAMES THURBER

Face Fall Yourself
Don’t get it right, just get it written.
JAMES THURBER

Right Writing
A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
JAMES THURBER

Burden Hands Worth
Man is troubled by what might be called the Dog Wish, a strange and involved compulsion to be as happy and carefree as a dog.
JAMES THURBER

Dog Happiness Man Strange Trouble
Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.
JAMES THURBER

Insight Tragedy Wisdom Writing
Comedy has ceased to be a challenge to the mental processes. It has become a therapy of relaxation, a kind of tranquilizing drug.
JAMES THURBER

Challenge Comedy Drugs Therapy
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

Clear Comedy Famous Imagination Point
Don’t count your boobies until they are hatched.
JAMES THURBER

Body Count Patience Yourself
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.
JAMES THURBER

Believe Man Myself Old Writing
So much has already been written about everything that you can’t find out anything about it.
JAMES THURBER

Finding Writing Yourself
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
JAMES THURBER

Answer Better Known Question

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