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 BROOKSI like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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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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A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
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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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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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There’s an army story in me, and I think there’s a WWII Brooks film somewhere.
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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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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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You’re always a little disappointing in person because you can’t be the edited essence of yourself.
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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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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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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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Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
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If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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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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