Book Quote by Colson Whitehead

In my more pompous moments I like to think of myself as a writer rather than a humorist, but I suppose that's merely the…

— S. J. Perelman

If anything, I've probably tended more toward humor in my writing and veered more toward pleasure in my personal life.

— Jim Goad

I'm a novelist first, and I wrote a bunch of books, and everything I write, I just find people are more interesting when there's…

— Jonathan Tropper

The best point of my novels, I think, is their humor. I want to keep many my works humorous.

— Haruki Murakami

After my first novel, my mother said to me, 'Why don't you make your writing more funny? You're so funny in person.' Because my…

— Jonathan Ames

I usually balance out autobiography with goofy, amusing stuff to help keep the humour in my more serious work.

— Jeffrey Brown

Most of my artwork is geared towards being humorous in some light.

— Frances Bean Cobain

I like to be as diverse as possible. I think the humorous side and the serious side are both elements of my personality. It's…

— Macklemore

If there are moments in my work when people find joy and humour, that's a real success for me.

— Patricia Piccinini

With humor you have so many options with topics and length, I mean I can write humor essays in books now and they can…

— Dave Barry

Humor is a very big part of life, and if you exclude humor from your book, you're not capturing a very important part of…

— Joshua Ferris

Humor can help you cope with the unbearable so that you can stay on the bright side of things until the bright side actually…

— Allen Klein