Prior to Wordsworth, humor was an essential part of poetry. I mean, they don’t call them Shakespeare comedies for nothing. – William Collins
When a writer becomes a reader of his or her own work, a lot can go wrong. It’s like do-it-yourself dentistry. – William Collins
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. – William Collins
Words like feminism or democracy scare me. They are words with barnacles on them, and you can’t see what’s underneath. – William Collins