If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
MEL BROOKSThe talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him.
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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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When you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I’ve always felt okay in Berlin.
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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.
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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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I only direct in self-defense.
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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
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I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.
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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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Oh, I’m not a true genius. I’m a near genius. I would say I’m a short genius. I’d rather be tall and normal than a short genius.
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All short women have a delayed fuse. Marry a taller woman: My wife was an inch or two taller than me; it’s a sign of security.
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Look, I don’t want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you’re alive you’ve got to flap your arms and legs.
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A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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