I know how to make it a great musical. I've got to. It's like I've got to see it on stage.

I also try to surround myself with people I love - make a family out of the company. So I tend to use the same people over and over. There's a sort of Mel Brooks Repertory Company.

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

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

I like people with big talents and small neuroses - not always an easy combination to find. I've discovered that if the neurosis is too big, it diminishes the talent and you wind up working too hard for what you get.

I'm married to a beautiful and talented woman who can lift your spirits just by looking at you.

These men both publicly and privately have done so much for me. Without Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick I would be living in a little motel just around the corner here, trying to make ends meet.