The brilliance of Max Brooks is that he always quotes authorities at the back of his books that never existed. Like a Russian professor he made up that validates a story or character.
MEL BROOKSWhen you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I’ve always felt okay in Berlin.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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You’ve got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you’re not alive.
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Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But if you can bring these people down with comedy, they stand no chance.
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I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy.
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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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These men both publicly and privately have done so much for me. Without Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick I would be living in a little motel just around the corner here, trying to make ends meet.
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Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
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I wish I was better looking.
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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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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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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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