Failure is success training.

Failure is success training.

Kevin Smith

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.

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

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

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.

Stoners are cute; junkies are sad.

Stoners are cute; junkies are sad.

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.

I'm not even supposed to be here today.

I'm not even supposed to be here today.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

I don't stretch my hand out anymore, but I never get tired of waiting for the next magic.

I don't stretch my hand out anymore, but I never get tired of waiting for the next magic.

Horror and moral terror are your friends.

Horror and moral terror are your friends.

Elvis Presley... had nothing to do with excellence, just myth.

Elvis Presley... had nothing to do with excellence, just myth.

Sometimes you just get the feeling that here it is 11 o'clock in the morning and you're not in school.

Sometimes you just get the feeling that here it is 11 o'clock in the morning and you're not in school.

Most writers write haphazardly. The actor is fighting unjustified words all the time.

Most writers write haphazardly. The actor is fighting unjustified words all the time.

The only thing an actor owes his public is not to bore them.

The only thing an actor owes his public is not to bore them.

It is a simple fact that all of us use the techniques of acting to achieve whatever ends we seek.

It is a simple fact that all of us use the techniques of acting to achieve whatever ends we seek.