My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible. The job is to make people laugh. I don't have a mission. I don't have a torch to burn.
Mel BrooksAll short women have a delayed fuse. Marry a taller woman: My wife was an inch or two taller than me; it's a sign of security.
Mel BrooksAs long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.
Mel BrooksFeeling different, feeling alienated, feeling persecuted, feeling that the only way to deal with the world is to laugh - because if you don't laugh you're going to cry and never stop crying - that's probably what's responsible for the Jews having developed such a great sense of humor. The people who had the greatest reason to weep, learned more than anyone else how to laugh.
Mel Brooks