A joke is not a thing but a process, a trick you play on the listener's mind. You start him off toward a plausible goal, and then by a sudden twist you land him nowhere at all or just where he didn't expect to go.
Max EastmanI don't know why it is we are in such a hurry to get up when we fall down. You might think we would lie there and rest for a while.
Max EastmanLaughter puts your brain, your central nervous system and your whole being into a state of free play.
Max Eastman