Humor is just another defense against the universe.
MEL BROOKSAnybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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He who hesitates is poor.
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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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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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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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I’m rather secular. I’m basically Jewish. But I think I’m Jewish not because of the Jewish religion at all.
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Mad About You’ was very fun.
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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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As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.
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There’s an army story in me, and I think there’s a WWII Brooks film somewhere.
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These men both publicly and privately have done so much for me. Without Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick I would be living in a little motel just around the corner here, trying to make ends meet.
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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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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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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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