I'd always used humour as a weapon, as a protection. But being able to make people laugh is a way of not getting in too deep; it's a quick, transient fix.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.
And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody? You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.
I suppose I look for humor in most situations because it humanizes things; it makes a character much more three-dimensional if there's some kind of humor. Not necessarily laugh-out-loud type of stuff, just a sense that there is a humorous edge to things. I do like that.
Of the things which nourish the imagination, humour is one of the most needful, and it is dangerous to limit or destroy it.
Humor is a very important thing. It is a natural predilection. It is an emotional release.
Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing.
The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter.
Humor is just another defense against the universe.
I think humor is a very serious thing. I use it as a way of weakening the reader's defenses so that I can more easily take him to something more.
Humour is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile at the situation that pains them.