Bob Quote by P. J. O'Rourke

All my editors since Malcolm Cowley have had instructions to leave my prose exactly as I wrote it. In the days of Malcolm Cowley,…

— Jack Kerouac

A humorist has to be taken seriously before he's considered a real writer.

— Art Buchwald

I feel like I have more experience with publishing humor than pretty much any editor I'm going to be dealing with so sometimes I'll…

— Dave Barry

And, you know, I liked writing humor. Well, I should say, I wanted to write seriously, but it kept turning funny.

— Roseanne Barr

I'm the kind of writer who thinks style is just as important as the story being told.

— Hallgrimur Helgason

I'm not a comedy writer, I'm a comedian, so I only write stuff that I would want to say.

— Anthony Jeselnik

“Soon after you confront the matter of preserving your identity, another question will occur to you: “Who am I writing for?” It’s a fundamental…

— William Zinsser

Every writer needs an editor. I don't care how good you are or think you are.

— Nora Roberts

“Being editors is not the best way to wealth. We all feel this now, and highwaymen are not respected any more like they used…

— E. Nesbit

“Writing in a new style never hurt anybody. Upside: if it does, you can write about it!”

— Jennifer Worrell

Reviewers try to square the antics of a writer's life with the antics in the fiction. Even satirical verbal play is too often read…

— Joanna Scott

My wonderful editor, Jackie Onassis, asked me to write a book that I wanted to write. I said, 'Look, it's not going to be…

— Judith Jamison