“The happiest time in my life was the first nine
years. Why nine? What happened at nine? Homework! They harnessed me . . . They
wanted something back — for my just playing in the streets and eating chocolate
pudding.” — Writer-director-actor Mel Brooks quoted in Henry Mance, “Back in
the Saddle,” Financial Times, Feb.
17-18, 2018Friday, September 14, 2018
Quote of the Day (Mel Brooks, on the Childhood Trauma of Homework)
“The happiest time in my life was the first nine
years. Why nine? What happened at nine? Homework! They harnessed me . . . They
wanted something back — for my just playing in the streets and eating chocolate
pudding.” — Writer-director-actor Mel Brooks quoted in Henry Mance, “Back in
the Saddle,” Financial Times, Feb.
17-18, 2018
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