Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.
My books are shelved in different places, depending on the bookstore. Sometimes they can be found in the Mystery section, sometimes in the Humor department, and occasionally even in the Literature aisle, which is somewhat astounding.
Humor can be an incredible lacerating and effective weapon. And that is the way I use it.
The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies.
I don't think my sense of humor has changed at all I was born with this, for better or for worse.
I can't not find humor in elements of most parts of life, but at the same time nothing ever seems perpetually funny to me.
At the risk of appearing disingenuous, I don't really think of myself as 'writing humor.' I'm simply reporting on the world I observe, which is frequently hilarious.
I never worry about people not taking my work seriously as a result of the humor. In the end, the comic's best trick is the illusion that comedy is effortless. That people imagine what he's doing is easy is an occupational hazard.
Putting a little time aside for clean fun and good humor is very necessary to relieve the tensions of our time.
Those years on the golf course as a caddie, boy, those people were something. They were vulgar, some were alcoholics, racist, they were very difficult people to deal with. A lot of them didn't have a sense of humor.