Irvin S. Cobb — American Journalist born on June 23, 1876, died on March 11, 1944

Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb was an American author, humorist, editor and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky who relocated to New York during 1904, living there for the remainder of his life. He wrote for the New York World, Joseph Pulitzer's newspaper, as the highest paid staff reporter in the United States... (wikipedia)

If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers.
As I understand it, sport is hard work for which you do not get paid.
Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.
A good storyteller is a person with a good memory and hopes other people haven't.
Middle age: when you begin to exchange your emotions for symptoms.