Arthur Smith : (5)

" Because comedy is cheap to put on: if you’ve got a play or an opera, there’s a whole load of people and a set, but comedy is just one man or woman. And because TV has learned to love comics – there’s so many more around now than when I started out. " - Arthur Smith

" I myself am pathetically impressed when I meet writers of very long novels. How can they spend so many hundreds of hours at the miserable, lonely pastime of creating fiction? " - Arthur Smith

" I find it hilarious that there are academics who try to analyse chemical changes in the brains of students while exposing them to gags. " - Arthur Smith

" Every generation of children has its private hero. " - Arthur Smith

" Acting in a stage play is like working the evening shift in an office. " - Arthur Smith