American Quotes

Every time I make a picture the critics' estimate of American public taste goes down ten percent.

Creation is a drug I can't do without.

As a boy, I used to look upon the hieroglyphics as so many wonderful pictures.

Give me any two pages of the Bible and I'll give you a picture.

Man has made 32 million laws since the Commandments were handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai... but he has never improved on God's law.

When I was 14 years old, I decided I could cook. It was either that or puberty.

There were five writers on Blazing Saddles.

The joys of my life are my granddaughters. They are beautiful. You don't have to believe me. You can ask my wife. She'll tell you.

Once at the White House I was asked to conduct the Drum and Bugle Corp. The man just handed me the baton and I finished the song. It was great. I got to keep the baton.

My mother had lots and lots of children who didn't survive.

Mr. Brooks and I have been friends forever. He is in seventh heaven with his new success on Broadway.

Mel is nuts. He puts on a suit and a tie and acts like a normal person so people think he's okay. He's definitely out in left field. He's got the ambition of a boy.

I've had some wonderful times at the White House. I've been with Ford, Carter, Reagan, Clinton and Bush.

I'd rather be at home with 12 people around the table.

I was at dinner with Gene Wilder and imitated Ethel Barrymore for everyone.

I think I was immediately fed, so food became a very important part of my life.

I have a cooking show that's coming on that I did in Albany. It will be on The Cooking Channel.

Every couple of seconds out here they're honoring somebody. You've got to get dressed, go in and sit down. Invariably somebody makes a speech.

Dolly Parton... I love being around that woman! I worked really hard to keep up with her.

Sometimes I get a little manic and you can't stop me. I'm all over the place. I have fun.

It's inevitable that the company come back.

Like millions of others, I have been plagued by the devastating effects of cancer hitting not one, but multiple members of my family.

I've realized that I love all forms of music and get excited when any artist goes crazy and creates something that is an experience.

I'm a huge stadium rock fan, but I'm also a fan of everything from Massive Attack to Peter Gabriel, U2, the Police, Radiohead, and Coldplay.

I used to get so jealous if my wife liked another band more than my own. Come to think of it, I still do.

I grew up skateboarding, but I don't even do that anymore.

Humor has become so cliche and boring that nothing's funny anymore unless it involves something totally disgusting that offends somebody or makes them feel really uncomfortable.

In ten years I will become president of the United States Of America.

I don't believe that I'm better than anybody, but I do believe that I'll try harder than most and I hope that people just join me for a little bit of a ride.

'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' is the best movie for a guy like me. A cerebral adventure. A moving story. A bunch of little green men.