Kurt Busiek Quotes

I love creator-owned comics. Most of my favorite books these days are creator-owned, from stuff DC publishes, like 'Fables,' to books like 'Saga,' 'Fatale,' 'Hellboy,' and 'Courtney Crumrin.'

Kurt Busiek

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• What sets 'Some Nights' apart from anything we've ever done is the hip-hop influence. Not so much the actual sound of hip-hop, but more the vibrato and the artistry that comes with it. Right now, the artists that seem to be pushing to be the greatest artists and are trying to change the world are hip-hop artists.

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
  • World
  • Trying
  • Done

• My family never owned a home. We leased.

  

  Aaron Paul
  • Family
  • Home
  • Never

• Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.

  

  Abbie Hoffman
  • Important
  • Information
  • More

• All roads lead to Wall Street, but we feel the effects of Wall Street on every street corner. Certainly in Syracuse, N.Y., where I live.

  

  Dana Spiotta
  • Live
  • Wall
  • Street

• When I don't plumb the depths or the opportunities of each day, I don't have joy.

  

  Victoria Principal
  • Day
  • Joy
  • Opportunities

• You can't live in a dialect without tremendous work. Like any muscle, accents and voices and languages are all formed out of the muscles that we have in our mouths and faces and tongues.

  

  Lake Bell
  • Work
  • Live
  • Dialect

• The spirit, like the body, can be strengthened and developed by frequent exercise. Just as the body, if neglected, grows weaker and finally impotent, so the spirit perishes if untended.

  

  Wassily Kandinsky
  • Body
  • Spirit
  • Exercise

• It's really weird to be taken seriously for what you're wearing. It makes me want to wear a uniform.

  

  Parker Posey
  • Want
  • You
  • Me

• I've moved around so much my whole life, and I've gotten so used to being the Other in situations - the foreigner, the outsider. The first time I've ever felt like there was no separation between me and the other elements was in music.

  

  Abigail Washburn
  • Life
  • Time
  • Music

• I bring values, resiliency, a thick skin, and I'm not afraid to be confrontational. I don't remember anyone before bringing that to the table.

  

  Carl Paladino
  • Remember
  • Values
  • Table

• I hope the English-speaking world can see that I'm not only an Israeli actress.

  

  Hani Furstenberg
  • World
  • Hope
  • English

• What we know is smartphones are everywhere and they are rich in data. What we know is that there are apps once downloaded by the consumer that will also in turn download the consumers' contact book. Most consumers don't want that to happen and don't know it's happening.

  

  Kamala Harris
  • Book
  • Rich
  • Data

• When you get divorced, you have to go through this awful thing of listing everything you own. When you actually sit down and write the list, you realize that the only good investments are art and property.

  

  Tamara Mellon
  • Good
  • Art
  • Write

• I was born naked. I'm a natural. I'm a natural nude. So I've been on camera naked a lot.

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • Born
  • Camera
  • Naked

• I had this dream, and I really wanted to be a star. And I was almost a monster in the way that I was really fearless with my ambitions.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Dream
  • Star
  • Monster

• Especially right after 9/11. Especially when the war in Afghanistan is going on. There was a real sense that you don't get that critical of a government that's leading us in war time.

  

  Walter Isaacson
  • Time
  • Real
  • War

• My first modeling job in Paris, the photographer said, 'Tue es belle,' which means, 'you are pretty,' and I thought he said, 'Tu es poubelle,' which means, 'you are the trash can.' I burst into tears. He was not happy about that.

  

  Rachel Nichols
  • Job
  • Happy
  • Pretty

• He touched me...Control myself and try to actAs if I remember my nameBut he touched me...he touched me...And suddenly nothing is the same!

  

  Ira Levin
  • Remember
  • Control

• Criticism can be wonderful, especially in making connections in an interpretive way. But by applying theories randomly, it's an interesting exercise, but I don't think it illuminates the literature.

  

  T. C. Boyle
  • Interesting
  • Literature
  • Exercise

• I do notice a lot of people who want to shock to get laughs. It's such a tricky thing; you don't want to make rules about it. There's nobody more hilarious than Dave Attell, and he'd break every rule you set up. But he's funny.

  

  Andy Kindler
  • People
  • Up
  • Funny

• He that is jealous is not in love.

  

  Saint Augustine
  • Love
  • For Her
  • For Him

• You miss the point? The lady that spares her lover spares herself too little.

  

  Plautus

• Garry Hill is a pleasure to be around, and his work is a rewarding reflection of my career.

  

  Bobby Allison
  • Career
  • Pleasure
  • Reflection

• I love creator-owned comics. Most of my favorite books these days are creator-owned, from stuff DC publishes, like 'Fables,' to books like 'Saga,' 'Fatale,' 'Hellboy,' and 'Courtney Crumrin.'

  

  Kurt Busiek