Mel Brooks Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“Immortality is a by-product of good work.”

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

“If presidents can't do it to their wives, they do it to their country.”

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

“I only direct in self-defense.”

“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.”