Darwyn Cooke quotes

Darwyn Cooke quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Generally, if I can't be true to the creator's intention and spirit, I will probably shy away from working on a character.”
-- Darwyn Cooke

#Character Quotes #Shy Quotes #Spirit Quotes
“The fact that we're at a point today where anybody, anywhere can put a comic book together and get it in front of the entire planet without spending a dime on printing and distribution - that's the good thing, and I think that's what's going to save [the comics industry]. These young people who have nothing to do with the industry we're in, just going out there and doing their own work and putting it out there, letting people respond to it.”
-- Darwyn Cooke

Source : Georg Ebers “The Historical Romances of Georg Ebers”, Library of Alexandria

#Book Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“Is it a particularly British trait to so utterly adore truly appalling men, from Tony Hancock through to Steptoe and Alf Garnett, Captain Mainwaring, Rigsby, Del Boy, Victor Meldrew and on to David Brent from The Office. The most deeply adored characters are all simply vile.”
“The Srimad-Bhagavatam states that any bona fide preacher of God consciousness must have the qualities of titiksa (tolerance) and karuna (compassion). In the character of Lord Jesus Christ we find both these qualities.”
“I never really thought of myself as being an action hero or a leading man, or any of that. I'm a character actor.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Don't go getting all shy on me now, Lana," he drawled, squeezing my sides with his hands”
“I'm shy and can't for the life of me barge around and slap people on the back. I sit in a corner by myself and am tickled to death when someone comes over to talk to me”
“I had not thought of violets of late, The wild, shy kind that springs beneath you feet In wistful April days.”

Source : Alice Dunbar-Nelson, “Sonnet”
“If you see a shy person, ask them some questions like, 'Why are you so shy? Tell everyone, we're all listening.”
“Matthew being a constant attendant on our Lord, his history is an account of what he saw and heard; and, being influenced by the Holy Spirit, his history is entitled to the utmost degree of credibility.”
“Art makes the spirit soar. And when the spirit is lifted, life follows.”

Source : Adriana Trigiani (2012). “The Wisdom of My Grandmothers: Lessons to live by, from one generation of remarkable women to the next”, p.48, Simon and Schuster
“Yoga is when you feel pure consciousness and spirit.”

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