Alive Quote by Peter De Vries

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.

— James Thurber

If there's anything I hate it's the word humorist-I feel like countering with the word seriousist.

— Peter De Vries

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing,…

— James Thurber

I am a comedian but it's usually not a compliment to be called a prop comedian but I guess I sometimes use props. And…

— Demetri Martin

I don't want to be classed as a humorist. It makes me feel guilty. I've never read a good tough quotable female humorist, and…

— Dorothy Parker

Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not accidental that there are a thousand novelists, essayists, poets…

— Leo Rosten

A humorist doesn't really do that much note-taking.

— P. J. O'Rourke

HUMORIST, n. A plague that would have softened down the hoar austerity of Pharaoh's heart and persuaded him to dismiss Israel with his best…

— Ambrose Bierce

When the public starts classifying you as thoughtful, someone given to serious issues, you find yourself declassified as a humorist.

— Johnny Carson

I am billed as a humorist, but of course I am a tragedian at heart.

— Will Cuppy

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've never made up events, but I've always been a big exaggerator. It's written on my humorist license that I'm allowed to do that.

— David Sedaris