Humor is the truth; wit is an exaggeration of the truth.

The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.

Personally, I think the silent films were more effective for L&H, but the sound was of great value in enhancing the effects - dialog eliminated a lot of action & sight gags - I always feel that 'action' speaks louder than words.

You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be led.

I had a dream I was awake and I woke up to find myself asleep.

A friend once asked me what comedy was. That floored me. What is comedy? I don't know. Does anybody? Can you define it? All I know is that I learned how to get laughs, and that's all I know about it. You have to learn what people will laugh at, then proceed accordingly.