Writing Humor Wit Quotes

#1. A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it.

Mark Twain

#2. It takes a thorough knowledge of the English language to effectively abuse it.

Charlene Vermeulen

#3. On the whole, I would bid you stand up to your work, whatever it may be, and not be afraid of it; not in sorrows or contradictions to yield, but to push on towards the goal.

Thomas Carlyle

#4. I have always been a huge admirer of my own work. I'm one of the funniest and most entertaining writers I know.

Mel Brooks

#5. I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter.
(Letter 16, 1657)

Blaise Pascal

#6. Today I am amused, and I haven't seen anyone yet.

Aleksandra Ninkovic

#7. We all wish to be loved alone.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

#8. She confused him and hindered the flow of his ideas. Self-expression had never seemed at once so desirable and so impossible.

F Scott Fitzgerald

#9. It was another cabin with a stoop, and a dooryard beaten bare.

Marilynne Robinson

#10. It has absolutely no meaning to me to be an executive producer on a film that I have nothing to do with except come to the wrap party or the premiere on; it's just meaningless.

Rick McCallum

#11. I'm always calling my doctor because I'm constantly injuring myself while on the road, like tearing a ligament, blasting my ears or losing my voice. Plus, I'm a total hypochondriac.

Mika.

#12. He began rubbing my foot again. We'll fly out at four on Friday. Don't bother packing, I want you naked as much as possible next weekend.

Adriane Leigh

#13. Writing a book is like sliding down a rainbow! Marketing it is like trudging through a field of chewed bubblegum on a hot, sticky day.

Betty Dravis

#14. A writer's voice is not character alone, it is not style alone; it is far more. A writer's voice line the stroke of an artist's brush- is the thumbprint of her whole person- her idea, wit, humor, passions, rhythms.

Patricia Lee Gauch

#15. Giving is the gateway to heaven.

Lailah Gifty Akita