Quote by Sloane Crosley
Its funny. People often compare me to other humor essayists. Theyr

Its funny. People often compare me to other humor essayists. Theyre usually quite nice comparisons I will accept those gladly. But I am always sort of appalled at the idea of being lumped with other, more chick-y female writers. And the truth is probably that neither comparison is accurate. – Sloane Crosley

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Brits and Americans have hundreds of different phrases for the same thing. Luckily, its usually a source of amusement rather than frustration. A flashlight by any other name is still a torch. My personal favourite is fairy lights, which we boringly refer to as Christmas lights. – Sloane Crosley

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I like to try to do a little work before I do anything in the morning, even if its a paragraph. – Sloane Crosley

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Morning
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I think a lot of humor is about distracting yourself. Pretend youre not trying to make it funny. Because for some reason the effort to be funny smells like sulphur in our culture. – Sloane Crosley

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I was so naive as a kid I used to sneak behind the barn and do nothing. – Johnny Carson

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There have been times when I felt suicidal and I would stop my head from going in that direction of negativity because I thought thered be something Id miss that was funny in the future. If theres a chance Im going to laugh tomorrow then want to live to experience that. – Dave Navarro

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If at first you dont succeed, find out if the loser gets anything. – William Lyon Phelps

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It sounds funny, but the 2008 Olympics were something that just kind of happened, and I was lucky they came at a point when I was uninjured and well prepared. As a gymnast, you cant ask for much more. – Shawn Johnson

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