The 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 BROOKSI don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director.
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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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He who hesitates is poor.
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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 believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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I only direct in self-defense.
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Mad About You’ was very fun.
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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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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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