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Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not accidental that there are a thousand novelists, essayists, poets or journalists for each humorist. It is a long, long time between James Thurbers.
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A guest at a dinner party observed the strange expression on James Thurber's face. 'Don't be concerned,' said Thurber's wife. 'He's writing.'
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
Cole Porter
James Thurber
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Born:
December 8, 1894
Died:
November 2, 1961
(aged 66)
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