Humor has to surprise us; otherwise, it isn't funny. It's a... - 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."
More quotes by Garrison Keillor
"Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car."
"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."
"The French have a new president, the British will soon have a new P.M., and we envy them as we endure the endless wait for this small dim man to go back to Texas and resume his life."
"Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car."