Great comedy calls large matters into question.
The masters of the comic spirit are often our prophets.
Black and white are the most ravishing colors of all in film.
[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.
Funniness is the wild card in the pack.
People in a temper often say a lot of silly, terrible things they mean.