If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
MEL BROOKSIf presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
MEL BROOKSImmortality is a by-product of good work.
MEL BROOKSYou’ve got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you’re not alive.
MEL BROOKSHe who hesitates is poor.
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’.
MEL BROOKSAll 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.
MEL BROOKSIf you’re quiet, you’re not living. You’ve got to be noisy and colorful and lively.
MEL BROOKSI was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.
MEL BROOKSThe brilliance of Max Brooks is that he always quotes authorities at the back of his books that never existed. Like a Russian professor he made up that validates a story or character.
MEL BROOKSTragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
MEL BROOKSNo, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
MEL BROOKSOh, I’m not a true genius. I’m a near genius. I would say I’m a short genius. I’d rather be tall and normal than a short genius.
MEL BROOKSBut I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
MEL BROOKSIf Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
MEL BROOKSI know how to make it a great musical. I’ve got to. It’s like I’ve got to see it on stage.
MEL BROOKSLife literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
MEL BROOKS