Kevin Smith Quotes & Sayings

“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.”

“The writer crafts their ideal world. In my world, everyone has really long conversations or just picks apart pop culture to death and everyone talks in monologue.”

“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.”

“There's something to be said for failing. It's not the failure you feel, it's the failure that people project when something disappoints. You're back to ground zero, where there's no expectations, and that's where I like to be.”

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

“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.”

“Generally, I wake up, honestly it's creepy, but I wake up around 4:20.”

“People like to set the bar high. I like to put the bar on the ground and barely step over it. I like to keep the expectations really low.”

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

“It's taken me 15 years to step behind a camera and make something everyone agrees looks like a movie.”