There’s an army story in me, and I think there’s a WWII Brooks film somewhere.
MEL BROOKSI love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
-
-
You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
MEL BROOKS -
I know how to make it a great musical. I’ve got to. It’s like I’ve got to see it on stage.
MEL BROOKS -
I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.
MEL BROOKS -
I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
MEL BROOKS -
If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win.
MEL BROOKS -
My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
MEL BROOKS -
If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
MEL BROOKS -
When you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I’ve always felt okay in Berlin.
MEL BROOKS -
Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
MEL BROOKS -
Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
MEL BROOKS -
Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy.
MEL BROOKS -
Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
MEL BROOKS -
Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
MEL BROOKS -
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.
MEL BROOKS -
No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
MEL BROOKS