I was a Teletype operator in the army, so that's where I learned to type. One day, I went downstairs to see if I could still type - I hadn't done it for four or five years after the war. So I typed out a page and I showed it to my wife and she said, "Where did you get this?" I said I wrote it. "You wrote this?" It was something very funny. I went and wrote another page, another couple of pages, and by the time I was finished I had 13 little short stories, humorous short stories.
If you can get a laugh out of a name, you're ahead of the game. - Carl Reiner
If you can get a laugh out of a name, you're ahead of the game.
- Carl Reiner
When I found out I could write I was shocked! I didn't know I could write. - Carl Reiner
When I found out I could write I was shocked! I didn't know I could write.
I certainly have warm relationships with people, but you choose the people you have those relationships with. There are some people I don't bother wi… - Carl Reiner
I certainly have warm relationships with people, but you choose the people you have those relationships with. There are some people I don't bother wi…
A fellow who has a funny bone can learn to hone his skills, but I don't think you can develop a funny bone - you either have it or you don't. And by … - Carl Reiner
A fellow who has a funny bone can learn to hone his skills, but I don't think you can develop a funny bone - you either have it or you don't. And by …
I write books that way - I put a first line down and say, "Where does this go?" - Carl Reiner
I write books that way - I put a first line down and say, "Where does this go?"
I think that comedy really tells you how it is. The other thing about comedy is that - you don't even know if you're failing in drama, but you do kno… - Carl Reiner
I think that comedy really tells you how it is. The other thing about comedy is that - you don't even know if you're failing in drama, but you do kno…
An attitude will give you heft. - Carl Reiner
An attitude will give you heft.
You'd only write what you know and what you know is what you do and the people you know. So you'd write about them or the people you have met casuall… - Carl Reiner
You'd only write what you know and what you know is what you do and the people you know. So you'd write about them or the people you have met casuall…
Id like to acknowledge three people who early on knew Mel Brooks was one of the funniest people in the world: Sid Caesar, me, and Mel Brooks. - Carl Reiner
Id like to acknowledge three people who early on knew Mel Brooks was one of the funniest people in the world: Sid Caesar, me, and Mel Brooks.
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