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“Tragedy is a close-up; comedy a long shot” Buster Keaton

Quote a Week Tuesday, 2015-12-29

Today’s quote often comes to my mind, when I try to write my tales with a comedic twist.

“Dying is easy, comedy is hard” is supposedly a death bed quote attributed to character actor Edmund Gwenn.

When director and screenwriter George Seaton visited Gwenn as he lay in bed ill, George Seaton said to Gwenn “This must be terribly difficult for you.” Edmund Gwenn is supposed to have replied:

“Dying is easy, comedy is hard”