Quote by James Thurber
Comedy has to be done en clair. You cant blunt the edge of wit or

Comedy has to be done en clair. You cant 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

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I was seized by the stern hand of Compulsion, that dark, unseasonable Urge that impels women to clean house in the middle of the night. – James Thurber

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Psychology
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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. – James Thurber

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Home
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Hundreds of hysterical persons must confuse these phenomena with messages from the beyond and take their glory to the bishop rather than the eye doctor. – James Thurber

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I wanted to be a rich, famous rock-and-roll star in that order. – Dee Snider

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At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version and this is the great literary monument of the English language. – Lafcadio Hearn

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Most of my life I have played a lot of famous people but most of them were dead so you have a poetic license. – Christopher Plummer

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I mean hes a very famous director… theyre not going to put their… and hes very tough, he doesnt like interference at all, so he kept them at bay. – Ronald Harwood

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