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.
MEL BROOKSWell, you know, ‘Spaceballs’ is a weird combination, because it’s a simple, sweet little fairytale, and it’s crazy and out-there and making fun of and taking apart sci-fi, ‘Star Wars’, and ‘Star Trek’.
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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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I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.
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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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Look, I don’t want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you’re alive you’ve got to flap your arms and legs.
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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn’t work. You can be politically incorrect if you’re smart.
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Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director.
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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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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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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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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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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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