Thurber

Famous quotes containing the word thurber:

“The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor in depth.”
—James Thurber (1894–1961)

“One great advantage which poetry has over prose—one sense in which, we might even say, it is considerably more beautiful—is that it fills up space approximately three times as rapidly.”
—James Thurber (1894–1961)

“I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method.”
—James Thurber (1894–1961)