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 BROOKSLook, 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.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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We want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
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Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
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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’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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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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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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But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
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I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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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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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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Mad About You’ was very fun.
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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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