Dave Sim Quotes & Sayings

“Once a profound truth has been seen, it cannot be 'unseen'. There's no 'going back' to the person you were. Even if such a possibility did exist... why would you want to?”

“As soon as you go into merchandising, everyone nods sagely and says, 'Ah, now we know why you are doing it.'”

“These are ideas. I could say that they just came to me, but it would be more accurate to say that I went to them. Ideas - and new connections between ideas - lead you away from commonly held perceptions of reality. Ideas lead you out here. Ideas lead you into the darkness.”

“Leftist reactions are always histrionic.”

“Feminists are in an untenable position, defending something they no longer believe in, and which history will force them to recognize was destructive of most of the central pillars of civilization. I'm just the first one to point it out publicly.”

“I know what you're going to say! 'They are men, and men should be free.' A free man is dangerous to himself and everyone else. Freedom should be left to those who can put it to good use.”

“Everyone is normal until you get to know them.”

“North American leftists just keep trying to relive the '60s, or to make the '60s happen again.”

“'Cerebus' is my attempt at a literary work.”

“I like the idea that my audience doesn't see what I do as controversial.”