If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
MEL BROOKSImmortality is a by-product of good work.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director.
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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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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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He who hesitates is poor.
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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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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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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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I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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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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As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.
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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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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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