More quotes by Garrison Keillor

"Humor has to surprise us; otherwise, it isn't funny. It's a death knell for a writer to be labeled a humorist because then it's not a surprise anymore."
"A young writer is easily tempted by the allusive and ethereal and ironic and reflective, but the declarative is at the bottom of most good writing."
"When in doubt, look intelligent."
"A book is a gift you can open again and again."
"I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it."