"It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers."
"Humourists lead... an existence of jumpiness and apprehension. They sit on the edge of the chair of Literature. In the house of Life they have the feeling that they have never taken off their overcoats."
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Source: 1933 On humorists. My Life and Hard Times, preface.
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