Leo Rosten
Leo Rosten
Leo Calvin Rostenwas an American humorist in the fields of scriptwriting, storywriting, journalism and Yiddish lexicography...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth11 April 1908
CountryUnited States of America
missing too-much
Where there is too much, something is missing.
communication mean thinking
Extremists think 'communication' means agreeing with them.
inspirational humility nuts
Everyone, in some small sacred sanctuary of the self, is nuts.
want different understood
The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or praised or even loved. And that, perhaps, is what makes him different from others.
communication humor play
Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.
powerful men drug
Words must surely be counted among the most powerful drugs man ever invented.
communication writing needs
A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the need to communicate. Behind the need to communicate is the need to share. Behind the need to share is the need to be understood.
writing story-writers helping
The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.
inspirational courage capacity
Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.
enjoy enjoyment ifs
If you are going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it.
hard-work thinking harder
Thinking is harder work than hard work.
children men people
You understand people better if you look at them-no matter how old or impressive or important they may be-as if they were children. For most men never mature; they simply grow taller.
book dark night
In the dark colony of night, when I consider man's magnificent capacity for malice, madness, folly, envy, rage, and destructiveness, and I wonder whether we shall not end up as breakfast for newts and polyps, I seem to hear the muffled cries of all the words in all the books with covers closed.
business people firsts
First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.