Or, like John Updike, they might be as droll and witty as their fictions.
Elegant and droll, wise and witty, she was fundamental to the School for more than four decades.
Scattered through the film like carrot seed on fresh tilled earth are many droll comments and witty observation.
In France in the early 17th century, the designer Daniel Rabel worked inventively, producing many witty and droll effects and costumes of grotesque conception.
She was wonderfully elegant, natural and witty, and entertained us with droll anecdotes from the sillier reaches of the French literary world.
My personal favorite was the extremely droll Kennedy, who shared from his collection of morbidly witty poems, "Encouragement for a Man Falling to his Death".
Momus is a droll, articulate Englishman whose misanthropy extends to himself; he writes witty pop songs accompanied by busily ornate synthesizer tracks.
Curtain Call is a wonderfully elegant, witty and self-aware novel, peopled by beautifully drawn, droll characters worthy of a Woody Allen film (Bullets Over Bloomsbury, anyone?).
From the spoof (alas) video of Brighton's Christmas lights that has gone viral – think rude words and naughty scenes picked out in festive bulbs, which can be seen here: goo.gl/WoJaQ – to the droll neighbours who've piggybacked on next-door's decorations with a brief, if witty, light show of their own, one rule for 2012 displays is go funny, or go home and stay there, at least until 12th Night.
He's a fluent formalist, who can churn out witty variations on genre standards: odes to the backwoods (Mr. Bryan's "What Country Is"), droll drinking songs ("Fuzzy," the current single by the Randy Rogers Band), even twangful teen pop ("Boys and Buses," sung by the actress Hayden Panetierre on the ABC drama "Nashville").
