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I had low blood sugar, a chemi...

I had low blood sugar, a chemical imbalance, plus the normal nervous breakdown everyone goes through from adolescence to adulthood.

Mel Brooks 183 quotes

I realised that all one really...

I realised that all one really had to do was just observe. Observe and slightly exaggerate, and you had comedy. Instead of creating a mythical premise for a stupid joke, I found playing off truth got the best result.

Mel Brooks 183 quotes

If Ivan the Terrible had been ...

If Ivan the Terrible had been kissed and loved between zero and three, he probably would have become Ivan Not So Terrible. If you're Jewish, you have a small smile on your face. Because you know the rest are wrong and you don't want to hurt their feelings.

Mel Brooks 183 quotes

I'm always stunned when I find...

I'm always stunned when I find out people like Roosevelt and Tolstoy weren't Jewish. How could I love them so much?

Mel Brooks 183 quotes

Immortality is a by-product of...

Immortality is a by-product of good work. Masterpieces are not for artists, they're for critics. Critics can't even make music by rubbing their back legs together. My message to the world is 'Let's swing, sing, shout, make noise! Let's not mimic death before our time comes! Let's be wet and noisy!'

Mel Brooks 183 quotes

There's an army story in me, a...

There's an army story in me, and I think there's a WWII Brooks film somewhere.

Mel Brooks 183 quotes

Coleman Jacoby and Arnie Rosen...

Coleman Jacoby and Arnie Rosen won an Emmy and Mel Brooks didn't! Niezsche was right! There is no God! There is no God!

Mel Brooks 183 quotes

I was out in the combat engine...

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 183 quotes

Tragedy is what happens to me;...

Tragedy is what happens to me; comedy is what happens to you.

Mel Brooks 183 quotes

Usually when a lot of men get ...

Usually when a lot of men get together, it's called a war.

Mel Brooks 183 quotes

All short women have a delayed...

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.

Mel Brooks 183 quotes

If you're alive, make a lot of...

If you're alive, make a lot of noise, because life is the very opposite of death.

Mel Brooks 183 quotes

I'm married to a beautiful and...

I'm married to a beautiful and talented woman who can lift your spirits just by looking at you.

Mel Brooks 183 quotes

Good taste is the enemy of com...

Good taste is the enemy of comedy.

Mel Brooks 183 quotes

I love spaghetti and sex, some...

I love spaghetti and sex, sometimes together. My dream of heaven is walking naked through fields of pasta fazool.

Mel Brooks 183 quotes

My God, I'd love to smash into...

My God, I'd love to smash into the casket of Dostoyevsky, grab that bony hand and scream at the remains, 'Well done, you god-damn genius.'

Mel Brooks 183 quotes

Tolstoy was the most gifted wr...

Tolstoy was the most gifted writer who ever lived. It's like he stuck a pen in his heart and it didn't even go through his mind on its way to the page.

Mel Brooks 183 quotes

Some critics are emotionally d...

Some critics are emotionally desiccated, personally about as attractive as a year-old peach in a single girl's refrigerator.

Mel Brooks 183 quotes

Why should I waste my good tim...

Why should I waste my good time making a straight dramatic film? The people who can't make you laugh can do that.

Mel Brooks 183 quotes

Look, I had to take chances or...

Look, I had to take chances or it wasn't fun being funny.

Mel Brooks 183 quotes

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