A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
MEL BROOKSThere’s an army story in me, and I think there’s a WWII Brooks film somewhere.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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He who hesitates is poor.
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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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I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
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If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win.
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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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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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I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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I’m still a horse that can run. I may not be able to win the Derby, but what do you do when you retire? People retire and they vegetate. They go away and they dry up.
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A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
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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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If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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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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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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