Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But if you can bring these people down with comedy, they stand no chance.
MEL BROOKSBut I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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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 love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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Everything starts with writing. And then to support your vision, your ideas, your philosophy, your jokes, whatever, you’ve gotta perform them and/or direct them, or sometimes just produce them.
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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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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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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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Well, 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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We’re all blessed with a lot of timidity and a lot of worry and anxiety, and vanity is a good antidote.
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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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As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.
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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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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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