“ Mahlke couldn't joke. He sometimes tried. But everything he did, touched or said, became solemn, significant, monumental; Gunter Grass
“ If a writer of prose knows enough about what he is writing about he may omit things that he knows and the reader, if the writer is writing truly enough, will have a feeling of those things as strongly… Ernest Hemingway
“ Who put the S in comic to make cosmic? / The Self, which is the self of all beings - / choosing to disguise from themselves / that everything is just a game. // With a laugh we could turn / from all t… Jay Woodman
“ I am so tired. I have grown old from being serious. I have grown ill from being serious. I want to laugh at myself. I want to forget myself. I am so tired. Kamand Kojouri
“ What are humans? They are unserious creatures in this serious universe! And because they are unserious, they appear and disappear quickly! Mehmet Murat ildan
“ Concentration is a powerful force, it is the mark of seriousness that attracts certain energies to complete your half-done work. Michael Bassey Johnson
“ Can't you ever be serious?' I said, mortified.'It's difficult,' he said. 'There's so little in life that's worth it. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
“ When your madness is creative and necessary, people will not notice the fact that you are crazy. Michael Bassey Johnson
“ But the answer isn't just to intimidate people into consuming more 'serious' news; it is to push so-called serious outlets into learning to present important information in ways that can properly enga… Alain de Botton
