Quotes by Kevin Smith

BRODIE:Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned for SEGA.

AZRAEL:No pleasure, no rapture, no exquisite sin greater... than central air.

Remember: It costs nothing to encourage an artist, and the potential benefits are staggering. A pat on the back to an artist now could one day result in your favorite film, or the cartoon you love to get stoned watching, or the song that saves your life. Discourage an artist, you get absolutely nothing in return, ever.

Controversial as we all know, is often a euphemism for interesting and intelligent.

Don’t be afraid to do weird stuff, so long as you do it cheaply and cover everyone’s bets. Be bold. Be stupid, if you have to: so long as you don’t hurt anybody, what’s it matter how dopey your dream is? If I hadn’t made TUSK? If I’d let it die as a podcast? I wouldn’t have three other movies I’m now making within the span of a year. Some folks will try to shame you for trying something outside the norm; the only shame is in not trying to accomplish your dreams.

If youre alive, kick into drive. Chase whimsies. See if you can turn dreams into a way to make a living, if not an entire way of life.

Stop…stop, that’s the next generation of fans… How dare you pass judgment on those 12-year-old girls who like vampires! They need to be encouraged because in six years they’ll be 18-year-old girls who like vampires and are into all sorts of goth-permissive and whatnot. Don’t Poo-poo it. There’s a plan, and it’s working.

Why do my movies make people feel so dead inside?

You know, theres a million fine looking women in the world, dude. But they dont all bring you lasagna at work. Most of em just cheat on you. (As Silent Bob)

Dont bitch or punish the world: just create. Create something nobodys ever seen before and there is a good chance the world will notice you. Attacking teen girls on the internet is the saddest form of masturbation that exists and requires no discernible skill or talent. Because if youre not being useful in this world, youre being useless. Dont be useless: go make stuff that makes people happy.

People always ask me if I hate the nuns. Do I make my movies extra dirty to piss them off? I always say no, thats not the point. To a Catholic, a movie is only dirty if it makes you want to have sex more. If it makes you feel sick, disgusted, ashamed of your own body, then its not a dirty movie at all. Its a Catholic movie. And I make very Catholic movies.

Theres something to be said for failing. Its not the failure you feel, its the failure that people project when something disappoints. Youre back to ground zero, where theres no expectations, and thats where I like to be.

The writer crafts their ideal world. In my world, everyone has really long conversations or just picks apart pop culture to death and everyone talks in monologue.

Everybodys got one killer story. It doesnt take talent to tell that story, it just takes experience.

I saw Richard Linklaters film Slacker for my twenty-first birthday. That was the moment when it all seemed possible. This guy gave me hope.

So I know how I watch movies which is on my laptop, man. And thats how I suspect a lot of people do it.

You can have 10 bucks to 10 million bucks and if you got a crew, imagination and a lot of people willing to turn in some work next to nothing, you going to have a feature. But you cant get beyond how expensive marketing the movie is, its so crushing.