The Rupa Laughter Omnibus

by Ruskin Bond

The pen (we are told) is mightier than the sword; I'm not sure about that, but it's certainly easier to write with ....

and one in the kitchen just in case I decide to write that cookery book which is going to make my fortune.

Pens accompany me on long walks. Computers don't, and secretaries won't.

There are basically three kinds of humour: wit, satire, comedy. The wit (in the manner of Wilde, Shaw, etc) is funny at the expense of other people; the satirist is funny at the expense of the world; the comedian is funny at his own expense, or he sees the funny side of human existence.