Bryan Lee O'Malley Quotes
There were times over the years when I wanted to take a break from 'Scott Pilgrim,' or even just stop doing 'Scott Pilgrim,' when I was feeling down or whatever.
Quotes to Explore
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My mother is the sort of a person who has no boundaries and no filter. She also has a big ego, but it's a very unique one. And I grew up with lots of artists in an environment where conformity and the norm were totally not what anybody was after.
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I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible.
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Peer pressure is something everyone will face in school. You have to really go by what you think is the right thing to do. Turn to the friends you trust the most when you are put in a compromising situation. If your friends are making the wrong decision, then turn to your parents.
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I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.
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Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.
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I love Vanna White as much as the next guy.
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I feel fine about getting older because I'm in good shape. I'm 64 and I feel good.
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Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.
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Novelists want to be published and need a publisher to decide to print 20,000 copies. So you need to entertain on some level. I want to reach out and connect.
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I tell fans who ask me why I'm not doing comedy anymore that I'm a different person. I've grown and I've matured. I've made a transition to where I really want to be.
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I'm not in demand. I'm all washed up.
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I didn't actually begin professionally acting until I was 30.
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When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
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I am the luckiest novelist in the world. I was a first-time novelist who wasn't awash in rejection slips, whose manuscript didn't disappear in slush piles. I have had a wonderful time.
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Our current identification system is so disjointed that the World Trade Center terrorists had a total of 63 valid driver's licenses between them.
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In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
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To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.
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Joe and I always say that our guide through action is always story and character. We're always driving right at the character beats, or else the action beat doesn't work.
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Needless to say, I would have loved to have been a black belt instead of actually just wearing one to hold up my pants!
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Not everyone has been a bully or the victim of bullies, but everyone has seen bullying, and seeing it, has responded to it by joining in or objecting, by laughing or keeping silent, by feeling disgusted or feeling interested.
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I'm a big believer in overcoming and achieving and doing things and not feeling sorry for yourself.
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I'm really interested in modern history, but to fulfill a History degree at Brown you have to do modern and pre-modern.
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There were times over the years when I wanted to take a break from 'Scott Pilgrim,' or even just stop doing 'Scott Pilgrim,' when I was feeling down or whatever.
