"Far too many people play to the gallery - in comedy that's an easy line to toe," he says.
Sammy was all straight lines and sharp points: easy to draw.
But it is not an easy line to walk.
There is good reason for the saying that the easiest line to make is the first.
Its point, drawn along the floor, left a black line easy to see.
The easiest line for any politician seeking office in the West today is to attack American policy.
This is not an easy line to walk for any government.
He and Chavez had an easy direct line of sight.
He delivers his lines slow and easy, like the hero in a cowboy film.
We're not in easy line with the city, and the winds're blowing toward it, not us.