The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the
world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he
identifies himself with people -- that is, people everywhere, not for
the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true
nature.
-- James Thurber. Television interview with Edward R. Murrow
on TV show "Small World," CBS-TV (25 March 1959); transcript published
in New York Post.