Everything starts with writing. And then to support your vision, your ideas, your philosophy, your jokes, whatever, you’ve gotta perform them and/or direct them, or sometimes just produce them.
MEL BROOKSI only direct in self-defense.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn’t work. You can be politically incorrect if you’re smart.
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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 love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
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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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I only direct in self-defense.
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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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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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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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I’ll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there’s some great comedy minds and performances.
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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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