Quotes by : Leo Rosten

The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.

First-rate people hire first-rate people second-rate people hire third-rate people.

A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the need to communicate. Behind....

A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

We see things as we are, not as they are.

Extremists think 'communication' means agreeing with them.

O, to be sure, we laugh less and play less and wear uncomfortable disguises like adults, but beneath....

Truth is stranger than fiction fiction has to make sense.

Anybody who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.