Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
MEL BROOKSHumor is just another defense against the universe.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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I know how to make it a great musical. I’ve got to. It’s like I’ve got to see it on stage.
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If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
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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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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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Everything starts with writing. And then to support your vision, your ideas, your philosophy, your jokes, whatever, you’ve gotta perform them and/or direct them, or sometimes just produce them.
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I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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I’m rather secular. I’m basically Jewish. But I think I’m Jewish not because of the Jewish religion at all.
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Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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I’ll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there’s some great comedy minds and performances.
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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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