I think that comedy really tells you how it is. The other thing about comedy is that - you don't even know if you're failing in drama, but you do know when you're failing in comedy. When you go to a comedy and you don't hear anybody laughing, you know that you've failed.

If you can get a laugh out of a name, you're ahead of the game.

An attitude will give you heft.

Id like to acknowledge three people who early on knew Mel Brooks was one of the funniest people in the world: Sid Caesar, me, and Mel Brooks.

I am an atheist. I have a very different take on who God is. Man invented God because he needed him. God is us.

Lust is easy. Love is hard. Life is most important.

I'm a charming coward; I fight with words.