Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not accidental that there are a thousand novelists, essayists, poets or journalists for each humorist. It is a long, long time between James Thurbers. — Leo Rosten Copy Share Image
Words sing. They hurt. They teach. They sanctify. They were man's first, immeasurable feat of magic. They liberated us from ignorance and our barbarous past. — Leo Rosten Copy Share Image
There was no answer, no solution, no sop, no deliverance. What, then, did I do? I read faster. — Leo Rosten Copy Share Image
People say: idle curiosity. The one thing that curiosity cannot be is idle. — Leo Rosten Copy Share Image
Acting is a form of deception, and actors can mesmerize themselves almost as easily as an audience. — Leo Rosten Copy Share Image
“The purpose of life is not to be happy—but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that… — Leo Rosten Copy Share Image
O, to be sure, we laugh less and play less and wear uncomfortable disguises like adults, but beneath the costume is the child we… — Leo Rosten Copy Share Image
![“What's green, hangs on a wall and whistles? [A Herring]” quote by Leo Rosten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/524/leo-rosten-9943_green_what-s-green-hangs-on-a-wall-and-whistle_207226.jpg)
