Character Quote by Stendhal

If you want to be witty, say what you think at all times

— Oscar Wilde

My main problem is that over and over again, I try to get all my characters to say stuff that I think is so…

— Anne Lamott

The next best thing to being witty is to quote another's wit.

— Christian Nevell Bovee

The next best thing to being witty one's self, is to be able to be able to quote another's wit.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

The characters can't be wittier than people are in real life. They have to be character witty

— Dylan Moran

Next to being witty yourself, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.

— Christian Nevell Bovee

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

— Andre Maurois

“The great drawback of being witty is that you have to keep your eyes fixed on the semi-idiots around you, and absorb their worthless…

— Stendhal

Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

Every one is witty for his owne purpose.

— George Herbert

Your wits make others witty.

— Catherine the Great

Il ne faut point donner d'esprit a' ses personnages; mais savoir les placer dans des circonstances qui leur en donnent. You should not give…

— Denis Diderot