I never quite know when I'm not writing. Sometimes my wife comes up to me at a party and says, "Dammit, Thurber,… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
It was Lisa, aged five, whose mother asked her to thank my wife for the peas we had sent them from our… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
Thurber did not write the way a surgeon operates, he wrote the way a child skips rope, the way a mouse waltzes. — E. B. White Copy Share Image
A guest at a dinner party observed the strange expression on James Thurber's face. 'Don't be concerned,' said Thurber's wife. 'He's writing.' — Sophy Burnham Copy Share Image
“While I love most, not to say all, of James Thurber’s cartoons, there are a handful that seem especially” — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
“Memory in the mind of man can adapt to the worst conditions. I'll give you an example, an analogy of sorts: Each… — Bob Thurber Copy Share Image
I was so lucky that I didn't have anyone to copy, be impressed by. I had developed my own style, I was… — Shel Silverstein Copy Share Image
Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not accidental that there are a thousand novelists,… — Leo Rosten Copy Share Image
Technically, 'Kukla, Fran and Ollie' was a kids' show, but adults watched almost religiously - and we're talking adult adults, celebrated adults… — Tom Shales Copy Share Image
Thurber was asked by a correspondent: "Why did you have a comma in the sentence, 'After dinner, the men went into the… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
Leaders are problem solvers by talent and temperament, and by choice. For them, the new information environment-undermining old means of control, opening… — Harlan Cleveland Copy Share Image
“Despite an icy northeast wind huffing across the bay I sneak out after dark, after my mother falls asleep clutching her leather… — Bob Thurber Copy Share Image
