I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
MEL BROOKSI know how to make it a great musical. I’ve got to. It’s like I’ve got to see it on stage.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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Well, you know, ‘Spaceballs’ is a weird combination, because it’s a simple, sweet little fairytale, and it’s crazy and out-there and making fun of and taking apart sci-fi, ‘Star Wars’, and ‘Star Trek’.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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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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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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As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.
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If you’re quiet, you’re not living. You’ve got to be noisy and colorful and lively.
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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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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.
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