But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
MEL BROOKSAnybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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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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I wish I was better looking.
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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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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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The 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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A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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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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As far as songwriters, I’ve always been a fan of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin; those guys mean a lot to me.
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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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I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.
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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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