Scott McCloud Quotes

I am not inspired by anyone. I don't have any idol. I just follow the people around me and try and learn a few things.

No one ever taught me how to shave; no one ever sat down to watch a Braves game with me. I paid for Yale myself, I lived by myself, I taught myself how to play the guitar. I did this all on my own.

Do whatever you want to persevere, work for your own things, and do not depend on anyone to be your provider. That way, in the future, you will be all right regardless of the circumstances.

I ain't follow nobody path; I did it my own way. It's just grindin', ya feel me? You just gotta grind.

In the beginning, I was doing whatever came my way. But that's how life is. I am not sitting around calling a 'daddy' to make a movie for me.

I've always been my own person. Everything I've ever done in my life I did the hard way.

You gotta make your own way. You gotta find a way. You gotta get it done. It's hard. It's tough. That's what I tell my students every day in class. I've been very fortunate. Some people might call me a hardhead, but I'm not going to let other people dictate to me who I should be or the stories I should tell. That doesn't register with me.

Get off your bottom and be the stand, and do the work you can to pursue the American Dream for yourself, and help others to do the same.

I don't think I'm generous enough to be the straight guy. I sort of make my own way and make my own statement. Do I mind pushing myself forward? Not at all.

The thing about film-making is I give it everything, that's why I work so hard. I always tell young actors to take charge. It's not that hard. Sign your own cheques, be responsible.

Those who know how to think need no teachers.

I'll always continue to work. I've never much depended on anyone but myself, as far as that goes.

People tell you the world looks a certain way. Parents tell you how to think. Schools tell you how to think. TV. Religion. And then at a certain point, if you're lucky, you realize you can make up your own mind. Nobody sets the rules but you. You can design your own life.

I have an aversion to being mislabeled. Here's a label I'd accept: I'm an 'individual.' I'm someone who can't follow, and doesn't want to lead.

I never took a grant or borrowed a penny from anybody. It was partially because I didn't really know how to do that, but secondly, my pride never would have allowed me to. In the beginning it was about doing it the right way, on the merits of the music.

There's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doin' it.

I agree with no one's opinion. I have some of my own.

It's no good being too easily swayed by people's opinions. You have to believe in yourself.

Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way.

I just have a way about me where people know that they don't tell me what to do, they kind of just wait for me to do it.

I'm a team player. But I will say that I've never been a 'yes man' in my life.

I've always been a workhorse, and I've been supporting myself since I was 15.

In Ministry, we've only had one message: Think for yourself.

I always feel like I want to do my career my own way. I never follow anybody's path, what they've done.

I've had to work by myself at combines before and forced myself to work out alone all the way back to high school. You have to be self-motivated.