[P]eople always talk about heaven as the place where we are all going. The problem with thinking about heaven is that you then have to think about hell. The irony of our culture is people are constantly telling other people to go to hell, but no one tells them to go to heaven.
“The End. Or Maybe Not.” by Art Buchwald, The Washington Post, March 14, 2006
I had two depressions, one in 1963 and the other in 1987–the first clinical depression, the second manic depression. One of my major fears during my depression was that I would lose my sense of humor and wind up in advertising.
“Political Humorist Art Buchwald Kicks Off The Open-Door Policy With A Tale Of His Own Travails,” Psychology Today, November, 1999
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