Scott McCloud Quotes
I don't think the potential for comics in nonfiction has been exploited nearly as much as it could be.
Quotes to Explore
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I think what is important for things to be funny is if you the listener, or the reader, get a chance to supply the humor of it yourself.
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Once the kids are in school, it's amazing what you can do.
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For the third season, we do a sit around on one episode where we were in character and then we commented on one episode just being ourselves, so - not really. I was comfortable, though. I wasn't nervous.
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I find end-of-the-world stuff enthralling - to imagine how life will be in the future on Earth and in space!
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How boring would this world be if everyone was the same?
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Depending on where my self-confidence was, growing up, I would use humor either to bring people closer, or to keep them away from certain feelings I had.
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Cyberespionage and cyberattack is exploding from our adversaries inside our country. We don't seem capable of stopping it.
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A lot of people are angry about the democratic abuses that have been committed by the Spanish government.
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In computer circles, any unencrypted data is known as 'cleartext.'
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If you believe - which I do - that acting is a bit like advocacy for your character, then of course I want to find the positive points.
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It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone, would shrivel up with boredom.
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Our dreams are firsthand creations, rather than residues of waking life. We have the capacity for infinite creativity; at least while dreaming, we partake of the power of the Spirit, the infinite Godhead that creates the cosmos.
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I was never confident about finishing a book, but friends encouraged me. When I finished my first book, it was accepted by a publisher right away and became an instant bestseller. One male critic called it the most shocking book he ever read.
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In my garden, which is a big garden, I have one part that is my bird garden, and every morning, 365 days a year, they get buckets of food - for the birds, for the squirrels, the chipmunks and the turtles in the summer.
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I am no theologian. I am a layman. I am among those who are preached to, and who listen. It is not for me to preach. I should not willingly forego being a listener, a man who reads the Gospels and then listens to what others say that our Lord meant. But sometimes a listener speaks out, and listens to his own voice.
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The music industry is in such poor shape; it's in a really bad way, and a lot of people in the industry are very depressed.
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When we played with the Rollins Band, we'd keep songs going until we felt like ending it.
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It's a really subtle kind of thing. It makes me feel like Randy Harrison is not a human being to them.
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Nothing is etched in stone in tennis until the final point has been played. That's why we watch.
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Nobody ever asked me to do anything. Nobody knew what to do. When comics were brand new, nobody knew what kind of comics to make. So you were mostly on your own.
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Microsoft develops a lot of software that allows people to realize their potential.
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I got as much information as I could, so I wouldn't look stupid, but this is a post 9/11 world and there's only so much you can do with the FBI in terms of research.
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I don't think the potential for comics in nonfiction has been exploited nearly as much as it could be.
