Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.

Any man's greatness is a tribute to the nobility of all mankind, so when we celebrate the genius of [Leo] Tolstoy, we say, "Look! One of our boys made it! Look what we're capable of!"

Merchandising, merchandising, where the real money from the movie is made.

Let's have a merry journey, and shout about how light is good and dark is not. What we should do is not future ourselves so much. We should now ourselves. "Now thyself" is more important than "know thyself." Reason is what tells us to ignore the present and live in the future. So all we do is make plans. We think that somewhere there are going to be green pastures. It's crazy. Heaven is nothing but a grand, monumental instance of future. Listen, now is good. Now is wonderful.

We want to get people laughing; we don't want to offend anybody.

There's an army story in me, and I think there's a WWII Brooks film somewhere.

Writing is simply one thought after another dying upon the one before.