"A wise man first thinks and then speaks, and a fool speaks first and then thinks." - Hazrat Ali Ibn-e-Abi Talib. Dave Barry used to be a humor columnist, before he retired. After, he started writing books, and "Dave Barry is not Making this up," is one of them. However, this particular book is a book that contains a few of his articles, which were edited to fit in the book.
This specific quote, I believe this is his philosophy, but not the first half. I don't believe he thinks about what he puts in his articles, I personally think he just writes them, but maybe he does, as he is a humorist. Still, this quote fit into this book perfectly. "A wise man first thinks and then speaks, and a fool speaks first and then thinks." - Hazrat Ali Ibn-e-Abi Talib
Jeremy,
ReplyDeleteThough I was confused at first about how this quote relates to Dave Barry, I do find the correlation interesting. However, I would tend to disagree about how Barry approaches writing. Especially as a published (well-liked) humorist, I think he probably thinks about what he writes even more than others--otherwise people wouldn't like him (he'd "have his foot in his mouth" a lot more than others!). Thanks!