Believe Quote by John Updike

Humor is an escape, because you cannot think about your problems when you are trying to be funny; so, in essence, "being a humorist"…

— Dave Barry

I consider myself always a humorist. And I think anybody who tells jokes or makes people laugh is humor.

— Dick Gregory

Humor has to surprise us; otherwise, it isn't funny. It's a death knell for a writer to be labeled a humorist because then it's…

— Garrison Keillor

There seems to be no lengths to which humorless people will not go to analyze humor. It seems to worry them.

— Robert Benchley

That's the great test: if you're going to be a great comic writer, not a humorist, you've got to take it into the throat…

— Howard Jacobson

One does not have humor. It has you.

— Larry Gelbart

“Humor has always been my tool of choice when confronting intolerance or ignorance, not only because “funny” material is much more likely to be…

— George Takei

Humorists are not humorous twenty-four hours a day. In fact, when you get to know them well, they are often not humorous at all.…

— Margaret Halsey

Humorists are always pessimists. They're reactionaries: because they see that every golden cloud has a black lining.

— Christina Stead

The majority of philosophers are totally humorless. That's part of their trouble.

— Bernard Williams

Humor is just another defense against the universe.

— Mel Brooks

Humor has always been important to me. If there is a shield of faith that you can keep up against difficulties, humor is the…

— Anonymous