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.

Quote by Mel Brooks

Topics: Mel Brooks Quotes

Humor keeps the elderly rolling along, singing a song. When you laugh, its an involuntary...

Humor keeps the elderly rolling along, singing a song. When you laugh, its an involuntary...

I only direct in self-defense.

I only direct in self-defense.

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

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

I've been accused of vulgarity. I say that's bullshit.

I've been accused of vulgarity. I say that's bullshit.

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

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

Humor is just another defense against the universe.

Humor is just another defense against the universe.

Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of...

Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of...

The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to...

The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to...

The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more...

The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more...

I am always interested in why young people become writers, and from talking with many...

I am always interested in why young people become writers, and from talking with many...

Writers take words seriously-perhaps the last professional class that does-and they struggle to steer their...

Writers take words seriously-perhaps the last professional class that does-and they struggle to steer their...

I work until beer oclock.

I work until beer oclock.

If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no...

If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no...

A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then...

A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then...

Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we...

Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we...

It seems not more reasonable to leave the right of printing unrestrained, because writers may...

It seems not more reasonable to leave the right of printing unrestrained, because writers may...

I'm kind of hooked to the game of art and literature; my heroes are artists...

I'm kind of hooked to the game of art and literature; my heroes are artists...

After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.

After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.

The writers who have nothing to say, are the ones you can buy, the others...

The writers who have nothing to say, are the ones you can buy, the others...

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its...

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its...