The act of writing is either something the writer dreads or actually likes, and I actually like it. Even re-writing's fun. You're getting somewhere, whether it seems to move or not.

A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.

If I have sometimes seemed to make fun of Woman, I assure you it has only been for the purpose of egging her on.

When man gives up on reforming and inspiring society he also gives up his freedom.

I never quite know when I'm not writing. Sometimes my wife comes up to me at a party and says, "Dammit, Thurber, stop writing." She usually catches me in the middle of a paragraph.

Looks can be deceiving; it's eating that's believing.

There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in many cases, as long as 20 years before his birth.