I really don’t want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you’re alive, you’ve got to flap your arms and legs, you’ve got to jump around a lot, you’ve got to make a lot of noise, because life is the very opposite of death. And therefore, as I see it, if you’re quiet, you’re not living. You’ve got to be noisy, or at least your thoughts should be noisy and colorful and lively.
—Mel Brooks
Topics: Living, Life, Fun
Don’t be afraid to win.
—Mel Brooks
As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.
—Mel Brooks
Topics: Mistakes
I was out in the combat engineers. We would throw up bridges in advance of the infantry but mainly we would just throw up.
—Mel Brooks
I have always been a huge admirer of my own work. I’m one of the funniest and most entertaining writers I know.
—Mel Brooks
Topics: Authors & Writing
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.
—Mel Brooks
Topics: Writing, Authors & Writing, Writers
If presidents don’t do it to their wives, they do it to the country.
—Mel Brooks
I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
—Mel Brooks
Tragedy is when I get a paper cut on my finger. Comedy is when you fall into a sewer and die.
—Mel Brooks
Humor is just another defense against the universe.
—Mel Brooks
Topics: Defense, Humor
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