Mel Brooks Quotes About Genius

Quotes about: Genius

• Oh, I'm not a true genius. I'm a near genius. I would say I'm a short genius. I'd rather be tall and normal than a short genius.

  Mel Brooks

  Genius, Normal, True Genius

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

• Woody Allen is a genius. His films are wonderful. He's poetic, but he's also a critic. He artfully steps back from a social setting and criticizes it without - I suspect - without letting himself be vulnerable to it.

  Mel Brooks

  Genius, Steps, Poetic

• Any man's greatness is a tribute to the nobility of all mankind, so when we celebrate the genius of [Leo] Tolstoy, we say, "Look! One of our boys made it! Look what we're capable of!"

  Mel Brooks

  Boys, Greatness, Men

  "Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview". Interview with Alex Belth, www.thedailybeast.com. February 16, 2014.

• My God, I'd love to smash into the casket of Dostoyevsky, grab that bony hand and scream at the remains, 'Well done, you god-damn genius.'

  Mel Brooks

  Hands, Genius, Done

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