Mel Brooks Quotes on Life

5 quotes

  1. As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.

  2. Humor is just another defense against the universe.

  3. Look, I really don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive, you got to flap your arms and legs, you got to jump around a lot, you 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.

  4. Good comedy is never frivolous. It's based on human experience, on human adventure, on human feelings. So it has to be profound.

  5. On his wife, Anne Bancroft:

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