Mel Brooks

Humor is just another defense against the universe.

— Mel Brooks

Look, I really don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive, you got to flap your arms and legs, you got to jump around a lot, you got to make a lot of noise, because life is the very opposite of death. And therefore, as I see it, if you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy, or at least your thoughts should be noisy and colorful and lively.

— Mel Brooks

If presidents don't do it to their wives, they do it to the country.

— Mel Brooks

I don't believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.

— Mel Brooks

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.

— Mel Brooks