If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
MEL BROOKSI love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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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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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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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
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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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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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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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If you’re quiet, you’re not living. You’ve got to be noisy and colorful and lively.
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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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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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Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
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We want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
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I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
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