We want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
MEL BROOKSWe want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
MEL BROOKSNo, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
MEL BROOKSThe 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.
MEL BROOKSYou’re always a little disappointing in person because you can’t be the edited essence of yourself.
MEL BROOKSI wish I was better looking.
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 BROOKSIt’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
MEL BROOKSLife literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
MEL BROOKSWhen you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I’ve always felt okay in Berlin.
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 Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
MEL BROOKSYou got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
MEL BROOKSMy job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
MEL BROOKSI only direct in self-defense.
MEL BROOKSEvery human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
MEL BROOKSI was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.
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