Mel BrooksThinkers

Adolf Hitler is a man who worked in the same branch as actors do: he created illusions.

Air travel is unnatural — if God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.

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

Comedy is distinguished from tragedy in this: tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.

Fame 1s 2inal test is to have a crazy person imagine he is you.

Hollywood is a town that will nice you to death.

Humor is but another weapon against the universe.

Immortality is a by-product of good work.

Leo Tolstoy is the most gifted writer who ever lived: he stuck a pen in his heart and it didn't even go through his mind on its way to the page.

Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall down an open manhole cover and die.

Tragedy is distinguished from comedy in this: tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.