I don't do a comic book thinking there is a movie. I just want it to be as good a comic book as it can be.
Frank MillerRead
Hell's waking up every goddamn day and not even knowing why you're here.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Life without purpose can feel empty and frustrating.
This quote by Frank Miller emphasizes the struggle of existing without a clear sense of purpose or direction. It conveys the frustration of waking up each day feeling lost and questioning one's existence, highlighting the importance of finding meaning in life to avoid this emotional turmoil.
Themes
PurposeLifeExistenceDirectionFrustration
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech about finding one's passion.
More from Frank Miller
All quotes βMy feeling is that the hero has now been defined by phrases like the odious one that we were all raised with - crimes does not pay. Of course it pays, you schmuck. That's not why we don't do it. We don't do it because it is wrong.
Frank MillerRead
As a cartoonist, I'm a caricaturist. First you find out what somebody really looks like, and then you find out what they 'really' look like.
Frank MillerRead
The larger-than-life thing is definitely what I'm after. I've always drawn dark stories. Occasionally, I'll try a perfect hero, but it's a real stretch for me. I like 'em warts and all, and obsessive and weird.
Frank MillerRead
Comic-book pages are vertical, and movie screens are relentlessly horizontal. But it's all the same form. We use different tools, but we get the job done. I'm completely in love with CGI. It's great for conveying a cartoonist's sense of reality.
Frank MillerRead
You can't have virtue without sin. What I'm after is having my characters' virtues defined by how they operate in a very sinful environment. That's how you test people.
Frank MillerRead
Similar quotes
It is the friction of two spiritual things, of tradition and invention, or of substance and symbol, from which the mind takes fire. The creeds condemned as complex have something like the secret of sex; they can breed thoughts.
Gilbert K. ChestertonRead
Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.
Dale CarnegieRead
However varied you try to make your work, you still bump up against the end of you. You keep knocking into a wall, and the wall is your own skull. But when you adapt somebody's work, it's like a door into somewhere else. It feels like a holiday from myself.
Nick HornbyRead
I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect.
Mahatma GandhiRead
The non-doing of any evil,_x000D_ the performance of what's skillful,_x000D_ the cleansing of one's own mind:_x000D_ this is the teaching of the Awakened.
Gautama BuddhaRead
Clear communication between selves - the surface self and the deep self - is the enemy of self-doubt. It slays confusion.
Stephen KingRead