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 BROOKSAnybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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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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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
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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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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn’t work. You can be politically incorrect if you’re smart.
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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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I wish I was better looking.
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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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Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director.
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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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Oh, 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.
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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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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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