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
money selfish riches
The love of money is the source of an enormous amount of good; the fact that the good is a by-product of the selfish pursuit of riches has nothing to do with its indisputable value.
mean writing self
Every writer is a narcissist. This does not mean that he is vain; it only means that he is hopelessly self-absorbed.
mean self noble
Happiness, in the ancient, noble sense, means self-fulfillment—and is given to those who use to the fullest whatever talents God … bestowed upon them.
american-novelist capacity confirm courage
Courage is the capacity to confirm what can be imagined.
american-novelist enjoy
If you're going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it.
american-novelist fiction truth
Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense.
angel body created creature god
An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body for the service of Christendom and the church.
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Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.
accidental humor james literary poets surely thousand time
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.
accidental humor humorous james literary poets surely thousand time
Humor is, I think, the sublets 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
two giving mouths
Why did God give me two ears and one mouth? So that I will hear more and talk less.
bitterness satire focused
Satire is focused bitterness.
martyr martyrdom
For some not to be martyrs is martyrdom indeed.
believe men thinking
I came to believe it not true that "the coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man only one." I think it is the other way around: It is the brave who die a thousand deaths. For it is imagination, and not just conscience, which doth make cowards of us all. Those who do not know fear are not truly brave.