And Clark is witty when he comes on.
I wouldn't read it.' There's a pause, then he says, 'Theroux was very witty when I met him in East Africa, full of jokes.
Hammer was a private dick without hang-ups, as calm and laconically witty when staring down the barrel of a.45 as when urging a female DA to tie up her bathrobe.
Dressed in a pin-dotted Alexander McQueen suit and pointy Prada oxfords, he was opinionated and dryly witty when he met with Melena Ryzik between shows at South by Southwest in Austin, Tex., this month.
Heller, London-born and Oxford-educated, is particularly witty when parsing British class perceptions: Sheba's surprise that Steven's mother is a neat housekeeper, or Barbara's surprise that, for all their money, the Harts buy cheap cakes at wholesale clubs.
I certainly know that there isn't a much worse feeling than standing on a stage, giving a speech that seemed reasonably witty when you wrote it, and watching a sea of faces that look as if they're only just managing to stay awake through the health and safety committee's appendix to the annual report.
It would be difficult for a sports anchor to say something witty when 11 passes in a halfcourt offense lead to a layup and when four burly Panthers hang their elbows out like scarecrows to turn the lane into a no-flight zone for opponents.
There were two sides to Mr. Bowles's art, as Ned Rorem explained in his memoir "Knowing When to Stop". Mr. Rorem said that his stories were "icy, cruel, objective" and his music was "warm, wistful, witty". When that criticism was repeated to Mr. Bowles, he laughed and said, "He has a lot of chutzpah to use the word cruel". He said he would have substituted the word realistic.
He was described as "bright and witty" when he was at college.
It's difficult to be witty when you're stressed.
Besides, even The Seventh Seal reveals itself as intentionally witty when you see it with an audience.
