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
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Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense.
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You can understand and relate to most people better if you look at them -- no matter how old or impressive they may be -- as if they are children. For most of us never really grow up or mature all that much -- we simply grow taller. O, to be sure, we laugh less and play less and wear uncomfortable disguises like adults, but beneath the costume is the child we always are, whose needs are simple, whose daily life is still best described by fairy tales.
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If you're going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it.
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Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not accidental that there are a thousand novelists, essayists, poets or journalists for each humorist. It is a long, long time between James Thurbers.
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Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.
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If you are going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it.
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Acting is a form of deception, and actors can mesmerize themselves almost as easily as an audience.
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For some not to be martyrs is martyrdom indeed.
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Many [of the Americans] polled showed a marked disapproval of the Wallonians, Danerians, and Pirenians. The fact that these minorities were invented by the pollster did not diminish the hostility.
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Some things are so unexpected that no one is prepared for them.
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If a picture is worth a thousand words, please paint me the Gettysburg Address.
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Satire is focused bitterness.
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Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precious.
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Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.