Author: Mel Brooks

Quotes

Immortality is a by-product of good work.

Immortality is a by-product of good work.

- Mel Brooks

Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.

Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.

- Mel Brooks

Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.

Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.

- Mel Brooks

Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.

Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.

- Mel Brooks

Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But if you can bring these people down with comedy, they stand no chance.

Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But if you can bring these people down with comedy, they stand no chance.

- Mel Brooks

Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.

Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.

- Mel Brooks

Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn't work. You can be politically incorrect if you're smart.

Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn't work. You can be politically incorrect if you're smart.

- Mel Brooks

If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.

If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.

- Mel Brooks

A lot of music is mathematics. It's balance.

A lot of music is mathematics. It's balance.

- Mel Brooks

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