QUOTES BY MEL BROOKS

“Comedy is walking into an open manhole and dying. Tragedy is when I stub my toe.”

“As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.”

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

“If you’re quiet, you’re not living. You’ve got to be noisy and colorful and lively.”

“I’m rather pleased with the world. I think it’s rather nice, providing, of course, one is not shat on from above.”

“I was never afraid of failure; for I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.”

“Hope for the best, expect the worst. Life is a play. We’re unrehearsed.”

“There’s only one way to shoot a comedy, and that’s just to let it go like a runaway train.”

“I’m not a genius. But I’m tenacious. I will stick to something until I get it right.” “I’m not a scholar. I’m a pupil. I just love studying things.”

“I’m Jewish. I don’t work out. If God had wanted us to bend over, He would have put diamonds on the floor.”

“The critic’s job is to plunge through things and grab at the truth, no matter how elusive it may be.”

“I’m a simple person with a complicated mind.” MLA BLOCK QUOTE EXAMPLE

“When I mature, I want to be Mel Brooks.”

“It’s not so much knowing when to speak, but when to pause.”

“With every silver lining comes a big, dark cloud.”

“I’m a Blazing Saddles kind of guy.”

“My anger and my outrage is the trick. As long as I’m outraged, I can write.”

“Humor is just one of the ways we cope with our existence.”

“I don’t work out much, but I will lie very still.”

“I never listen to myself. I find myself so fascinating.”

“I’m a genius. But I’m a misunderstood genius.”

“Just because you shot Jesse James, don’t make you Jesse James.”

“Little by little I turned into a basket case.”