Kevin Smith Quotes, Status, and Thoughts

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

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

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

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

Failure is success training.

Failure is success training.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I'm not even supposed to be here today.

I'm not even supposed to be here today.

I didn't get into film to win Academy Awards. I wanted to have a conversation with the audience.

I didn't get into film to win Academy Awards. I wanted to have a conversation with the audience.

Stoners are cute; junkies are sad.

Stoners are cute; junkies are sad.

And George Carlin was a guy that the more he aged the younger he seemed.

And George Carlin was a guy that the more he aged the younger he seemed.

Why take life seriously? No one gets out alive anyways.

Why take life seriously? No one gets out alive anyways.

If you're lucky, you go from being a movie fan to a movie maker.

If you're lucky, you go from being a movie fan to a movie maker.

Don't go where the puck's been; go where it's gonna be.

Don't go where the puck's been; go where it's gonna be.

In my spare time, I smoke acres of weed.

In my spare time, I smoke acres of weed.

With what you don't know about me, I could just about fill the Grand Canyon.

With what you don't know about me, I could just about fill the Grand Canyon.

All these people who say success changes people; well, no, it just magnifies what's there.

All these people who say success changes people; well, no, it just magnifies what's there.

Long time no see. I only pray the caliber of your questions has improved.

Long time no see. I only pray the caliber of your questions has improved.

My job is to say, 'This is how I see the world. Do you agree?'

My job is to say, 'This is how I see the world. Do you agree?'

It takes nothing to encourage an artist.

It takes nothing to encourage an artist.

The indie film isn’t dead. It just grew up.

The indie film isn’t dead. It just grew up.

One man's frankness is another man's vulgarity.

One man's frankness is another man's vulgarity.

I'm always cribbing from real life. I'm not a very creative filmmaker.

I'm always cribbing from real life. I'm not a very creative filmmaker.

People tend to romanticize this job. So, it's fun to let the air out of it.

People tend to romanticize this job. So, it's fun to let the air out of it.

We love dirty oral on the Down Low, but no going steady.

We love dirty oral on the Down Low, but no going steady.

Any book is a self-help guide if you can take something from it.

Any book is a self-help guide if you can take something from it.

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

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

In Hollywood you kind of fail upwards

In Hollywood you kind of fail upwards

Is man, indeed, a walrus at heart?

Is man, indeed, a walrus at heart?

I sympathize far more with heavier people than I ever will with thin. I'll never be thin. Let's be honest.

I sympathize far more with heavier people than I ever will with thin. I'll never be thin. Let's be honest.

Why do my movies make people feel so dead inside?

Why do my movies make people feel so dead inside?

It's silly that anyone in this world tells you that there are only certain people that can marry you.

It's silly that anyone in this world tells you that there are only certain people that can marry you.

When you're an artist, all you're trying to do is self-express.

When you're an artist, all you're trying to do is self-express.

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

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