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Comedy is obviously a matter of personal taste and the world always needs a clown and some people have no taste at all and any clown will do.

I'm not sure how a world leader reacts to the work of a clown.

I'm a natural clown, I suppose, in writing, and one has to accept that; I can't do anything about it. I have written one or two novels which are not specifically funny. I wrote a study of Shakespeare which was not intended to be funny, but some people regard it as such.

I think we all have the urge to be a clown, whether we know it or not.

All the world loves a clown.

I'm not really big on slapstick humor. I like gentle humor.

Comedy is difficult, especially slapstick. The trick is to have fun while you are performing it.

It's kind of fun to be a clown. I've always played the clown. The clowns come on, get the biggest, juiciest laughs, and then leave.

I'm funny. I'm a comedian. I'm not a clown.

I don't feel any need to play the role of the clown. In my private life I take a break from humor.