More from EB White:

In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty.  Only under a dictatorship is literature expected to exhbit an harmonious design or an inspirational tone.  A despot doesn’t fear eloquent writers preaching freedom—he fears a drunken poet who may crack a joke that will take hold.  His gravest concern is lest gaiety, or turth in sheep’s clothing, somwhere gain a foothold, lest joy in some unguarded moment be unconfined.  I honestly don’t beliee that a humorist should take the veil today; he should wear his bells night and day, and squeeze the utternost jape, even though he may feel that he whould be writing a strong letter to the Herald Tribune.  (This Man’s Meat, EB White, 1938)

So, if you call yourself a writer, especially a humorist, GET BUSY!  Expose joy!

Blessings….