My humor had changed from foolishness to making sense.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I was taking myself very seriously when I was going through life changes. And I realized that I needed to laugh at myself, particularly at my mistakes.
If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.
I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.
Comedy is the slave of time. What seemed funny then is unlikely to seem funny now, just as what strikes us as funny now would not have seemed funny then.
I don't know if I realized that I was funny, but I realized how healing and important humor was in my childhood.
Apparently, I have a totally different sense of humour.
I'm used to explaining to people why my jokes were funny.
Having a sense of humor has served me more than it has hurt me - just in the sense that it has allowed me to keep my sanity.
I don't think my sense of humor has changed at all; I was born with this, for better or for worse.
And, you know, I liked writing humor. Well, I should say, I wanted to write seriously, but it kept turning funny.