The masters of the comic spirit are often our prophets.
Great comedy calls large matters into question.
Funniness is the wild card in the pack.
People in a temper often say a lot of silly, terrible things they mean.
A satirist, often in danger himself, has the bravery of knowing that to withhold wit's conjecture is to endanger the species.
[On Watermelon Man:] ... it is impossible to look at this film without its giving you a share in its insane bad taste, which is rather companionable of it.