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- It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour. — W. Somerset Maugham
- The beauty of the world, which is so soon to perish, has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder. — Virginia Woolf
- Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my taste. — Carter Burwell
- It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation. — Roberto Benigni
- For me, Fellini was like a watermelon. It is there. A watermelon cannot die. — Roberto Benigni
- I remember in the circus learning that the clown was the prince, the high prince. I always thought that the high prince was the lion or the magician, but the clown is the most important. — Roberto Benigni