I remain just one thing, and one thing only - and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.

Nothing quite like it. The feeling of film.

Simplicity of approach is always best.

There are more valid facts and details in works of art than there are in history books.

To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune.

In Philadelphia, I inadvertently came upon an edition of Robert Ingersoll's Essays and Lectures. This was an exciting discovery; his atheism confirmed my own belief that the horrific cruelty of the Old Testament was degrading to the human spirit.

We must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature, or go insane.