Comic Quotes - Page 9

• You need a good editor because every writer thinks he can write a War and Peace, but by the time he gets it on paper, it's not War and Peace anymore; it's comic-book stuff. Your manuscript is both good and original. But the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.

  Samuel Johnson

  War, Book, Writing

  4 Copy quote

• He first selected the smallest one...and then bowed his head as though he were saying grace. Opening his mouth very wide, he struggled for a moment, after which all was over. I shall never forget the comic look of despair he cast upon the other five over-occupied shells. I asked him how he felt. 'Profoundly grateful,' he said, 'as if I had swallowed a small baby.'

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Baby, Grateful, Grace

  4 Copy quote

• Your machinery is beautiful. Your society people have apologized to me for the envious ridicule with which your newspapers have referred to me. Your newspapers are comic but never amusing. Your Water Tower is a castellated monstrosity with pepperboxes stuck all over it. I am amazed that any people could so abuse Gothic art and make a structure not like a water tower but like a tower of a medieval castle. It should be torn down. It is a shame to spend so much money on buildings with such an unsatisfactory result. Your city looks positively dreary.

  Oscar Wilde

  Beautiful, Art, Cities

  8 Copy quote

• If a man wants to set up as an innkeeper and he does not succeed, it is not comic. If, on the contrary, a girl asks to be allowed to set up as a prostitute and she fails, as sometimes happens, it is comic.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Girl, Men, Doe

  6 Copy quote

• I sought to reform minstrelsy among refined people by making words suitable to their taste, instead of the trashy and really offensive words which belong to some songs of that order. ... Some of my songs should be performed in a pathetic, not a comic style.

  Stephen Foster

  Song, Order, People

  11 Copy quote

• Both law and comedy are heavily focused on thought and viewing all angles. To write a good joke, you have to look at a premise every way possible. And with a good legal argument, you have to see all sides to get the best line of argument for your client. Law school made me a better comic, and comedy has made me a better public speaker.

  Troy Walker

  Writing, School, Law

  4 Copy quote

• I didn't see a lot of comic books growing up.

  Henry Cavill

  Growing Up, Book, Growing

  "‘Man of Steel’: Henry Cavill found ‘essential’ insight in ‘Red Son’". Interview with Geoff Boucher, herocomplex.latimes.com. November 21, 2011.

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• I'm a geek who loves fashion. There's been a reinvention of the word geek. It means being passionate about anything that's under the radar or sort of frowned upon, like Comic-Con.

  Kristen Bell

  Fashion, Mean, Passionate

  "10 Things To Know About Kristen Bell, The Sweet Actress Who Loves Potty Humor" by Aly Weisman, www.businessinsider.com. March 14, 2012.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• There are some indications of how the character should behave based on the script, and then as actor makes it his or her own.  I got to know one of the writers, Chris Terrio, and we were able to discuss things at length and figure out who this person is to create a real psychology behind what is, perhaps, in a comic book, a less than totally modern psychology. I can only say I've been asked to play an interesting role. A complicated, challenging person.

  Jesse Eisenberg

  Real, Book, Character

  "Jesse Eisenberg talks Lex Luthor". www.gamesradar.com. August 29, 2014.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I remember back when I was a kid there was a comic strip called Plastic Man. His body was elastic and he could make his extremities as long as he wanted. As a youngster I didn't fully appreciate. But I'm now thinking Plastic Man was probably pretty popular with the ladies.

  Ben Affleck

  Kids, Men, Thinking

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• It's almost like these games are the modern day comic books, especially when you play Alone in the Dark. There's a real story that goes along with it and a movie seemed like the right kind of transition to make.

  Christian Slater

  Real, Book, Dark

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

  57 Copy quote

  Show source

• As you've witnessed, Catwoman is the ultimate diva. From the pages of comic books to both small and big screens, Catwoman continues to evolve and mature like a true cat. Catwoman, is a unique breed, never taking the same form twice. But whatever form she takes, she'll always reign supreme. A dog maybe man's best friend, but a cat is everyone's favourite feline fatale.

  Eartha Kitt

  Dog, Book, Cat

  "The Many Faces of Catwoman". Documentary, January 18, 2005.

  46 Copy quote

  Show source

• Along with all else, Sandman is a comic strip for intellectuals, and I say it's about time.

  Norman Mailer

  Sandman, Comic Strips

  "Dream come true: Neil Gaiman to create new Sandman 'prequel'" by Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. July 13, 2012.

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• Comic books and The Chronicles of Narnia. My mother used to read those to me and my twin brother growing up.

  Shawn Ashmore

  Mother, Brother, Growing Up

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• Every time I think about writing, comedy doesn't interest me in the slightest. I can play comedy, but I don't think in terms of comic dialogue.

  Jim Parsons

  Writing, Thinking, Play

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Comic books aren't nerdy. You'd have to be an idiot to think computers are nerdy.

  Adam Brody

  Book, Thinking, Idiot

  4 Copy quote

• I really wanted to do things that weren't comic. It felt like finding people who can see this other side to me.

  Rachael Harris

  People, Sides, Wanted

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• A lot of comic actors derive their main force from childish behavior. Most great comics are doing such silly things; you'd say, 'That's what a child would do.

  Gene Wilder

  Children, Stupid, Silly

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  20 Copy quote

  Show source

• The tapestry of history that seems so full of tragedy when viewed from the front has countless comic scenes woven into its reverse side. In truth, tragedy and comedy are the twin masks of history - its mass appeal.

  Jose Ortega y Gasset

  History, Tragedy, Woven

  6 Copy quote

• You know you are really famous the day you discover you have become a comic character!

  Nelson Mandela

  Character, Over You, Knows

  4 Copy quote

• The comic is today's western, so many movies, and I think that if actors want to optimize their longevity, it's important for them to meet the fans because those fans are so loyal and will show up at any movie or tune in to any television show they're on.

  Erin Gray

  Thinking, Important, Tunes

  "Conventions: Another day at the office for celebs" by Suzanne Kelly, www.cnn.com. September 7, 2010.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I met a bunch of comic-book writers at the Metropolis convention and there was such an interesting discussion about the story of 'Supergirl' and trying to get it right. It can be a challenge, because you don't want it to be the same as the Superman story.

  Helen Slater

  Book, Interesting, Challenges

  "Helen Slater Talks About Smallville". movieweb.com. November 1, 2007.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• You can write a little and can draw a little, but there's necessarily a limitation on both in a comic strip, since it appears in such a tiny space.

  Stephan Pastis

  Writing, Space, Littles

  4 Copy quote

• Google owns YouTube, and recently, I drew a comic about an idea for a YouTube feature - which they actually took seriously and implemented. So I'm thinking that maybe we'll have a future where Google is 'xkcd.'

  Randall Munroe

  Thinking, Ideas, Google

  10 Copy quote

• I think the comic that's gotten me the most feedback is actually the one about the stoplights. Noticing when the stoplights are in sync, or calculating the length of your strides between floor tiles - normal people notice that kind of stuff, but a certain kind of person will do some calculations.

  Randall Munroe

  Thinking, People, Tiles

  "Real Geek Heart Beats in Xkcd's Stick Figures" by Adrienne So, www.wired.com. November 13, 2007.

  8 Copy quote

  Show source