"People say friends don't destroy one another - what do they know about friends?"

-- John Darnielle

“It seems then that it is not the excellence of any two things (or more) in themselves, but those two things as viewed by the light of each other, that makes beauty.”
“The idea of any social obligation [...] just the idea of it embarasses my thoughts for a day, and sometimes it's since the day before that I worry, and don't sleep well, and the real affair, when it happens, is absolutely insignificant and justifies nothing; and the case repeats itself and I never learn to learn.”
“I didn't really think a lot about religion, but I didn't really think a lot against it, either. I was one of those people who didn't go to church, but when I got in trouble I kinda pleaded with God - whoever that was.”
“Usually right when I'm feeling it, right when it's happening, I always find I need to be in some sort of survival mode or mature mom mode, so it always seems to come later that I have the breakdown.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“You have to be realistic in the use of blood in the movies. There is a little bit more than a gallon in a human being. If you have a few thousand people, that makes a lot of blood. I'm very realistic in my use of blood.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I believe that any type of education can be great, but an education about ourselves can create something wonderful. I am a comedian, but people have called me a motivational speaker. I don't really consider myself that at all.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“I know a lot of cowboys and I've done a little work on ranches with cattle, and those people become your friends, and keep their word.”
“The great blessing and great cruelty of youth is that there seems to be time enough.”

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