We try to… we are, I suppose to a certain extent all affected and erm, that is both funny and sad I think. – Tony Hancock
Its both funny and sad which seem to me to be the two basic ingredients of good comedy. – Tony Hancock

We try to… we are, I suppose to a certain extent all affected and erm, that is both funny and sad I think. – Tony Hancock
Its both funny and sad which seem to me to be the two basic ingredients of good comedy. – Tony Hancock
Its red hot, mate. I hate to think of this sort of book getting in the wrong hands. As soon as Ive finished this, I shall recommend they ban it. – Tony Hancock
Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry…. Both are very hard work. Writing something is almost as hard as making a table. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood. Both are full of tricks and techniques. Basically very little magic and a lot of hard work… – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, interview, The Paris Review, 1981