254 Quotes by Kevin Smith

I’ve always kind of ripped from real life to some degree or at least how I’m feeling in the moment. In fact, maybe that’s really it. In anything I’ve ever written, all the characters sound like me, which I don’t think is a bad thing.

Don’t let anybody tell you different, man: The main goal in life careerwise should always be to try to get paid to simply be yourself.

For years, my job was to make the movie inexpensively. And I could bring it in. What I can’t control are the costs of marketing.

I’ve always kind of ripped from real life to some degree or at least how I’m feeling in the moment.

I know you’re supposed to tell kids not to do drugs, but, kids, do it! Do weed! Don’t do the other stuff, but weed is good.

Everybody’s got one killer story. It doesn’t take talent to tell that story, it just takes experience.

It’s like a dream come true. When somebody is paying you to talk about yourself, you’ve won.

I know what it feels like to carry a lot of weight in a society that’s very image-conscious. It’s a thin person’s world, and we try to navigate within it without being made fun of.

In Hollywood you kind of fail upwards.