I'm Always Stunned When I Find Out

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.

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.

The Audience. They See The Name Mel Brooks, They Want Something Really Funny. They Don't Want To Be Moved; They Don't Want To Be Taught Any Lessons. [...] I Get More Letters For twelve Chairs and life Stinks Than I Get From Any Other Movies, Because People Actually Agree With The Philosophy, Or Were Moved, Or They Love The Movie.

There's Not Enough Bad Taste! I Love Bad Taste! I Live For Bad Taste! I Am The Spokesman For Bad Taste!

If Shaw And Einstein Couldn't Beat Death, What Chance Have I Got? Practically None.