I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
MEL BROOKSI’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.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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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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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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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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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 wish I was better looking.
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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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A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
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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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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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He who hesitates is poor.
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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy.
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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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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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