The wit makes fun of other persons the satirist makes fun of the world the humorist makes fun of himself but in so doing he identifies himself with people - that is people everywhere not for the purpose of taking them apart but simply revealing their true nature.

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.

Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.

No humorist is under any obligation to provide answers and probably if you were to delve into the literary history of humour it's probably all about not providing answers because the humorist essentially says: this is the way things are.

There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.

It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.

A humorist is a person who feels bad but who feels good about it.