Every Human Being Has Hundreds Of Separate

Comedy Is Serious - Deadly Serious. Never, Never Try To Be Funny! The Actors Must Be Serious. Only The Situation Must Be Absurd. Funny Is In The Writing, Not In The Performing. If The Situation Isn't Absurd, No Amount Of Joke Will Help.

I Usually Start With The Words. The Rhythm Of The Words Gives Me The Rhythm Of The Song, And Then I Look For The Musical Highlights In It To Carry It.

I Was Born On The Kitchen Table. We Were So Poor My Mother Couldn't Afford To Have Me; The Lady Next Door Gave Birth To Me.

Cat Angels Are The Reason There Are No Mice Angels.

My Movies Were Not Reaping The Kind Of Emotional Rewards That I Wanted. I Wanted Them To Be Appreciated And They Weren't. I Didn't Want The Reviews To Say, "mel Brooks Has Made Another Movie," And You Get The Title Somewhere In The Second Paragraph.