Mel Brooks

Comedian

1926-06-28

Books by Mel Brooks

The Producers
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Silent Movie
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Spaceballs
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Quotes by Mel Brooks

The only thing we don't have a god for is premature ejaculation... but I hear that it's coming quickly.
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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. 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 have always been a huge admirer of my own work. I'm one of the funniest and most entertaining writers I know.
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I've been accused of vulgarity. I say that's bullshit.
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The only thing we don't have a god for is premature ejaculation... but I hear that it's coming quickly.
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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. 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 have always been a huge admirer of my own work. I'm one of the funniest and most entertaining writers I know.
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I've been accused of vulgarity. I say that's bullshit.
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As far as songwriters, I've always been a fan of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin; those guys mean a lot to me.
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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity. 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 don't have a mission. I don't have a torch to burn.
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If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win.
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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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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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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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As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.
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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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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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