Leonard Cohen has a way with words and with humor that remind me to lighten up, which I appreciate very much.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I am a huge Leonard Cohen person.
My editor, Robin Robertson, is one of this country's finest poets, so I listen to him when he offers advice.
I'm a humor writer, so I don't always present myself in the best light.
It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind than reason. Reason can only sort out perceptions, but the humor process is involved in changing them.
In everything I write, I'm always striving to hit the right mix of light and darkness, humor and pain, fun and seriousness.
Funny is a good foil. Humor is illuminating, and it also gives you power.
I think, in our darkest moments, you have to find the humor, and you have to find the lightness.
My humor is channeling everything through my brain. For example, when I talk about something, it's how Richard Lewis feels about it. I'm a storyteller. I do a lot of free association.
It's famous that comedians have a very dark personal state of mind. I think, in my case, it's the same. The only way to get deep is to have a balance, or a counterbalance.
What fascinated me mostly about Mickey Cohen was that he, in his later years, hired someone to help him to comprehend literature, to help him to read better, to understand words better.