Some American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the daytime or when both were sober.
James ThurberUnless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only half complete as artist and as man.
James ThurberArt – the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised
James ThurberEvery time is a time for comedy in a world of tension that would languish without it. But I cannot confine myself to lightness in a period of human life that demands light. We all know that, as the old adage has it, "It is later than you think." But I also say occasionally: "It is lighter than you think." In this light let's not look back in anger, or forward in fear, but around in awareness.
James Thurber