“Immortality is a by-product of good work.” — Mel Brooks Quote

Immortality is a by-product of good work.

A lot of music is mathematics. It's balance.

Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But if you can bring these people down with comedy, they stand no chance.

There's an army story in me, and I think there's a WWII Brooks film somewhere.

'Mad About You' was very fun.

Fame is, I think, just a disgusting by-product of what I do.

In a person's career, well, if you're process-oriented and not totally outcome-oriented, then you're more likely to be success. I often say 'pursue excellence, ignore success.' Success is a by-product of excellence.

One of the elements in the film that really fascinated me was not to look at the world in bi-polar terms of us vs them or east vs west, which was a by-product of the Cold War.

Controversy seems to be a by-product of what I do, rather like offence is the by-product of a dog urinating on the pavement. It just happens.