I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
MEL BROOKSBad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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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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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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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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He who hesitates is poor.
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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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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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All 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.
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I only direct in self-defense.
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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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You’re always a little disappointing in person because you can’t be the edited essence of yourself.
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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
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We’re all blessed with a lot of timidity and a lot of worry and anxiety, and vanity is a good antidote.
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