The difference between comedy and tragedy is just timing. - Philip Roth

This quote is attributed to Philip Roth.

"The difference between comedy and tragedy is just timing."

Philip Roth Humor

Novelist American 1933–2018

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"We're all looking for a way out of the human condition."

"No one in this world gets an easy birth, excepting S.O.B.s."

"Never underestimate the power of a good laugh."

"Laughter is the best medicine."

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