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
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.
In practice
In a motivational speech about finding one's passion.
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.
My 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I felt in a lot of instances I was deliberately being put through stress because when you're a guy who generates money, people have a vested interest in controlling you.
There is something magical about putting a problem in writing. It is almost as though by writing about what is wrong, you start to discover new ways of making it right.
Genuine wisdom is usually conspicuous through modesty and silence.
Invincibility lies in the defense; the possibility of victory in the attack.
Knowing what to say, in the right way - at the perfect moment - can mean the difference between a world-class life and an average one.
I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as a way of introducing it into the minds which were ignorant of its charms.
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