Kevin Smith Quotes

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• Im gonna try to pay for CLERKS III myself. As much as I love the crowd-funding model, thats an advancement in indie film that belongs to the next generation of artists. I started on my own dime, and if Im allowed, I should finish on my own dime.

  Kevin Smith

  Artist, Trying, Clerks

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• In the face of such hopelessness as our eventual, unavoidable death, there is little sense in not at least trying to accomplish all of your wildest dreams in life.

  Kevin Smith

  Dream, Trying, Littles

  Kevin Smith (2012). “Tough Sh*t: Life Advice from a Fat, Lazy Slob Who Did Good”, p.13, Penguin

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• Live a "Why not?" life, man. Take the shot. The shot is always worth taking.

  Kevin Smith

  Men, Why Not, Shots

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• I try never to worry in general. Worry is interest paid in advance on a debt that never comes due.

  Kevin Smith

  Worry, Trying, Debt

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• Failure is success training.

  Kevin Smith

  Training

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• Keep your focus on what YOU want to do - not what anyone else wants or is doing. You lose time watching others succeed.

  Kevin Smith

  Focus, Doing You, Want

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• More often than not, a hero’s most epic battle is the one you never see; it’s the battle that goes on within him or herself.

  Kevin Smith

  Hero, Epic, Battle

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• In this life, if you don't celebrate yourself, nobody will.

  Kevin Smith

  Celebrate, This Life, Ifs

  FaceBook post by Kevin Smith from Jan 05, 2012

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• If you're 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.

  Kevin Smith

  Dream, Alive, Whimsy

  Kevin Smith (2012). “Tough Sh*t Deluxe: Life Advice from a Fat, Lazy Slob Who Did Good”, p.266, Penguin

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• 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.

  Kevin Smith

  Being Yourself, Men, Goal

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• I think it's better to have ideas. You can change an idea. Changing a belief is trickier. Life should malleable and progressive; working from idea to idea permits that. Beliefs anchor you to certain points and limit growth; new ideas can't generate. Life becomes stagnant.

  Kevin Smith

  Thinking, Anchors, Ideas

  "Fictional character: Rufus". "Dogma", www.independent.co.uk. 1999.

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• Sometimes the path you're on is not as important as the direction you're heading.

  Kevin Smith

  Inspirational, Goal, Important

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• 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.

  Kevin Smith

  Love, Song, Artist

  Kevin Smith (2012). “Tough Sh*t Deluxe: Life Advice from a Fat, Lazy Slob Who Did Good”, p.152, Penguin

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• Storytelling is my currency. It's my only worth. The only thing of value I have in this life is my ability to tell a story, whether in print, orating, writing it down or having people acting it out.

  Kevin Smith

  Writing, People, Acting

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• People have been telling me I'm a failure and that I'm doing it all wrong for 20 years now. Never trust anybody when they tell you how your story goes. You know your story. You write your own story.

  Kevin Smith

  Life, Trust, Failure

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• My Father taught me to weigh my words carefully, and speak up only when I had something insightful to add to the proceedings, or something really funny to say. He also taught me that if I couldn’t be that kind of guy in real life, that I could earn a healthy living pretending to be that guy in the movies – particularly when paired up with a long haired stoner.

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  Father, Real, Long

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

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  Killers, Stories, Talent

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• My Father taught me how to be a man – and not by instilling in me a sense of machismo or an agenda of dominance. He taught me that a real man doesn’t take, he gives; he doesn’t use force, he uses logic; doesn’t play the role of trouble-maker, but rather, trouble-shooter; and most importantly, a real man is defined by what’s in his heart, not his pants.

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  Inspirational, Father, Real

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• In my spare time, I smoke acres of weed.

  Kevin Smith

  Weed, Acres, Spare Time

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. November 30, 2012.

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• 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.

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  Dream, Hurt, Stupid

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• I grew up in a pretty gay world - my brother's gay and he's been married to a man for 20 years, which is like 60 in straight-people years.

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  Brother, Gay, Men

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

  Kevin Smith

  Writing, Intelligent, Interesting

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• I feel like if you're in Jersey, you have to be a Jersey Devils fan. Anybody born within the confines of the border of the state of New Jersey, I feel, should be a Jersey Devils fan.

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  Devil, Fans, Borders

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• 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.

  Kevin Smith

  Fun, Trying, World

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• I'm not even supposed to be here today.

  Kevin Smith

  Clerks, Today, Supposed To Be

  "Clerks". www.imdb.com. 1994.

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