Hell's waking up every goddamn day and not even knowing why you're here.

You don't... get it, boy... This isn't a mudhole... it's an operating table. And I'm the surgeon.

This should be agony. I should be a mass of aching muscle - broken, spent, unable to move. And, were I an older man, I surely would ... ... but I'm a man of thirty - of twenty again. The rain on my chest is a baptism - I'm born again.

A gun is a liar's weapon

The comics I read as a kid were all about guys in tights. But here was a guy who wore a fedora. He fought crime like they did in Marvel and DC, but he did it in the real world. I had just turned 12 when I met the Spirit and it was a strange coincidence. At the same time I discovered girls I fell out of love with guys in tights.

Hollywood is a town; it's not a medium. And cinema is a medium you can practice anywhere.

A screenwriter is much like being a fire hydrant with a bunch of dogs lined up around it.