Or that passion to act a part that sometimes makes us do things finer than we are ourselves?

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.

If a man treats life artistically, his brain is his heart.

What fire does not destroy, it hardens

All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

With love, we can save every soul from self-destruction.

This world tainted everything it touched, and nothing good was left—could be left – beneath its menacing gaze.

To the patriots I say this: Take that long eternal look. Stand up for freedom, no matter what the cost. Stand up and be counted. It can help to save your soul-and maybe your country.

I liked rock music going back to the '60s, but I never ever had any desire to be a rock musician and when I started doing a band it was experimental music.

As I get older, personal happiness is all about love. It's all about love.

Don't listen to you customers. They don't know what they want anyway.

Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on

The 'eathen in 'is blindness must end where 'e began. But the backbone of the Army is the non-commissioned man!

The days followed one another patiently. Right back at the beginning of the multiverse they had tried all passing at the same time, and it hadn't worked.

Anybody who knows me knows I would never read a comic book. And I certainly would never read anything written by Kevin Smith.