Comic Poet

Famous quotes containing the words comic and/or poet:

“Today’s comedian has a cross to bear that he built himself. A comedian of the older generation did an “act” and he told the audience, “This is my act.” Today’s comic is not doing an act. The audience assumes he’s telling the truth. What is truth today may be a damn lie next week.”
—Lenny Bruce (1925–1966)

“It is rare to find one who was so much of a poet and so little of an artist.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)