Wilson Mizner

“A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.”

“Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.”

“I respect faith but doubt is what gets you an education.”

“I wrote a short story because I wanted to see something of mine in print other than my fingers.”

“If you steal from one another it's plagiarism; if you steal from many, it's research.”

“Poets are born, not paid.”

“The worst tempered people I have ever met were those who knew that they were wrong.”

“Those who welcome death have only tried it from the ears up.”