Quote #57

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

More from Mel Brooks

  1. Excuse me, is this England? (while in a Hitler costume, after crash landing in England at the height of the Battle of Britian)
  2. Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
  3. 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 …
  4. [on ancient poetry] Nog Nog! Mkellen bebog! V'luch Matuch Maluch M'tog!
  5. Humor is just another defense against the universe.
  6. It's Wheird, there's an H in there. Gotta hit that H otherwise they think I'm some sort of a kook!
  7. I don't believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
  8. Angel of Death ain't kissing me! I'm full of garlic!

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