Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
MEL BROOKSAnybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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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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When you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I’ve always felt okay in Berlin.
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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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Mad About You’ was very fun.
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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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A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.
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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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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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But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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I’ll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there’s some great comedy minds and performances.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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