Try any goddam thing you like, no matter how boringly normal or outrageous. If it works, fine. If it doesn't, toss it. Toss it even if you love it.
Stephen KingRead
If you can't laugh when things go bad--laugh and put on a little carnival--then you're either dead or wishing you were.
Interpretation
Finding humor in tough situations is essential for coping with life's challenges.
In this quote, Stephen King emphasizes the importance of laughter and levity even in difficult circumstances. He suggests that if one cannot find a way to laugh or celebrate amidst adversity, it reflects a deeper despair or a lack of engagement with life, indicating a need for a positive perspective.
In practice
During a tough week at work, I reminded my team of the importance of humor by sharing this quote.
Try any goddam thing you like, no matter how boringly normal or outrageous. If it works, fine. If it doesn't, toss it. Toss it even if you love it.
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Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.
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That young girl is one of the least benightedly unintelligent organic life forms it has been my profound lack of pleasure not to be able to avoid meeting.
A sense of humor is good for you. Have you ever heard of a laughing hyena with heart burn?
I want my audience to be my friends - that is when they will get the best comedy. If they see me as a performer, they won't get the best show.
If I had to choose between dribbling past 5 players and scoring from 40 yards at Anfield or shagging miss world, it'd be a hard choice. Thankfully, i've done both
I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.
Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it.
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