Humor can be dissected, as a frog can (White)
February 25th, 2007 | Published in Humor and Satire, Quotes, Writing
Humor can be dissected, as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the pure scientific mind.
–E. B. White, “Some Remarks on Humor” (1941) in Essays of E.B. White (1977), 243