Mike Mignola Quotes

I'm thinking about color all the time. Sometimes even as far back as the plotting sequence. ~ Mike Mignola

I'm sure this is a diversionary ploy. But that doesn't mean it isn't real.
-Abe Sapien ~ John Arcudi

What keeps this industry alive is creators doing their own work. Once you change a costume or origin enough times, it's a dead body - you're just electrocuting it and keeping it sort of shambling on. There is a lot more creator-owned stuff now, and some of it I look at and go, 'Oh, that's his pitch for a TV show. That's his pitch for a movie. That's him saying oh, this kind of thing sells.' I didn't do that. ~ Mike Mignola

My Hellboy is modeled on my father in some ways: a guy who's been in the Korean War, and he's traveled, and he's done a lot of stuff, and he's kind of got a been there, done that attitude. He's also been in the world. Del Toro's change was to have Hellboy bottled up in a room and mooning over the girl he can't have. ~ Mike Mignola

The more I see of the movie business, the less I understand about it. I have no idea what goes on with that stuff. ~ Mike Mignola

I'd be the first to admit that I have no shortage of faults.
But if I had to pick one, the one that's gotten me into the most trouble over the years...
...it would be that I sometimes get angry. ~ Mike Mignola

When I started the 'Hellboy' series way back when, I wasn't really thinking consciously about the humor, but Hellboy does have my personality, and that's an important part of my personality. ~ Mike Mignola

I've just always liked monsters, since I was a little kid. It was always the thing I found interesting. It's always what I wanted to draw; it's always what I wanted to read, and so, yeah, I don't know. It's a good question for a therapist, why I like monsters. But I tend to not question it. It's what pays the bills, so that's kind of nice. ~ Mike Mignola

I did not say it was true, only that I believe it. ~ Mike Mignola

This is a grave. There is no honor here in broken tools and old bones, only in the deeds of our children. ~ Mike Mignola

Lady, I was gonna cut you some slack, 'cause you're a major mythological figure ... but now you've just gone nuts! ~ Mike Mignola

But if there must be an end, let it be loud. Let it be bloody. Better to burn than to wither away in the dark. ~ Mike Mignola

There's a ton of stuff in mythology and folklore that is loaded with wonderful creatures that I haven't drawn yet, but that's kind of my retirement plan. Theoretically, I won't be doing comics any longer, and I'll just be drawing and painting whatever the hell I want. Most of that will be monsters. ~ Mike Mignola

I've painted in the past, but I only average about one painting a year, and the last painting I did, I actually really liked. ~ Mike Mignola

Since the beginning of the world, a prayer is a prayer and a curse is a curse
no matter the people
no matter the language
Man has given a thousand different namesto his god, but look into the face of each one
long enough
hard enough
You will find one truth. ~ Mike Mignola

Well, yeah, you listen to a talking snake and there's gonna be trouble. ~ Mike Mignola

Okay, I know I said I wasn't going to shake things up, but we're going to have to get some pants on this one. ~ Mike Mignola

I hadn't seen 'Bride of Frankenstein' until high school or maybe even later than that. It's really one of the great movie experiences where you think you know what it's going to be, but it's so much weirder and so much better than anything you could've imagined. It's so full of these striking, powerful images. ~ Mike Mignola

Don't mess with me, lady. I've been drinking with skeletons. ~ Mike Mignola

No rain but thunder, and the sound of giants. ~ Mike Mignola

I'm not even a household name in my own household ~ Mike Middleton

In making the jump from a local program to the showcase of a coast-to-coast broadcast, Ted Yates and I were determined to maintain the candid, sometimes combative style we'd introduced on 'Night Beat.' But that proved easier said than done. ~ Mike Wallace

There is a great tradition of independent filmmaking in the U.S. that I absolutely respect. There's some wonderful stuff that comes out in this country against all the odds. ~ Mike Leigh

Parents sometimes object to the amount of humor introduced into stories that are designed to teach moral or spiritual lessons. They seem to think that simple grim lecturing of children is the best way to achieve such goals. ~ Mike Berenstain

When I swung open the door, there he was: Marlboro Man, wearing Wranglers and a crisp white shirt and boots. And a sweet, heart-melting smile.
What are you doing here? I thought. You're supposed to be in the shower. You're supposed to be with the sex kitten.
"Hey," he said, wasting no time in stepping through the door and winding his arms around my waist. My arms couldn't help but drape over his strong shoulders; my lips couldn't help but find his. He felt soft, warm, safe…and our first kiss turned into a third, and a sixth, and a seventh. It was the same kiss as the night before, when the phone call alerting him to the fire had come. My eyes remained tightly closed as I savored every second, trying to reconcile the present with the horror movie I'd imagined just moments earlier. I had no idea what was going on. At that point, I didn't even care.
"Ummmmm!!! I'm t-t-t-ttellin'!" Mike teased from the top of the stairs, just before running down and embracing Marlboro Man in a bear hug.
"Hi, Mike," Marlboro Man said, politely patting him on the back.
"Mike?" I said, smiling and blinking my eyes. "Will you excuse us for a couple of minutes?"
Mike obliged, giggling and oooo-ing as he walked toward the kitchen.
Marlboro Man picked me up and brought my eyes to the level of his. Smiling, he said, "I've been trying to call you this afternoon."
"You have?" I said. I hadn't even heard the phone ring. "I, um…I sort of took a nine-hour nap."
Ma ~ Ree Drummond

We didn't call it a sport necessarily, and skaters definitely weren't thought of as athletes, we were thought of as misfits. ~ Mike Vallely

Jesus called us to abide in Him. The foundation of this reality means to talk with Him. ~ Mike Bickle

Play is an expression of God's presence in the world; one clear sign of God's absence in society is the absence of playfulness and laughter. ~ Mike Yaconelli

In our eyes we should be up three to one but we're not ~ Mike Bibby

The only good thing about that decision, Gatt, is that I'll get tea before you. ~ Graham Gooch

My wife is a terrific Southern cook. My favorite of all the great things she cooks is 'trash potatoes.' That's mashed potatoes with sour cream, bacon, cheddar cheese, and horseradish. It's a total gut bomb. ~ Mike Vogel

Our military is doing everything it can to equip Iraq's forces so our troops can come home as soon as possible, but we cannot leave until the job is done. ~ Mike Rogers

I'm playing 10 feet from Mike Campbell every night. I look across the stage, there's Howie. Tom's in the middle and we're playing all this stuff I love. It's great. ~ Benmont Tench

Every person has an incentive to deceive others for personal gain. But, until recently, no generation has practiced deception to the extent of our modern culture. Why? ~ Mike A. Robinson

The Dome is a metaphor that could mean anything - it could be nuclear fallout, terrorists - I've always been fascinated with stories where people's roles are flipped on their heads, be it the Wall Street guy, the techno guy, etc. All of those things are only successful when there are people and money around. ~ Mike Vogel

By all accounts, the senate race I ran in was a quality race in the wrong year. ~ Mike McGavick

The one thing all famous authors, world class athletes, business tycoons, singers, actors, and celebrated achievers in any field have in common is that they all began their journeys when they were none of these things.
Yet still, they began their journeys. ~ Mike Dooley

Grief and memory go together. After someone dies, that's what you're left with. And the memories are so slippery yet so rich. ~ Mike Mills

Historically, we have lived in a nation of energy dependence. Dependence on others for our heating and electricity, and for our fuel for transportation. ~ Mike Pompeo

I can remember the night I became a Christian. And man, this weight came off of me and all that kind of stuff. What I didn't realize was, that was just the beginning - of a huge journey. ~ Mike Yaconelli

You move on. You move back. On because you're always getting older, back because there's always a set of habits and routines to catch you and suck you back in when your guard is down. ~ Mike Carey

I'm fascinated with being able to travel the world via 'Instagram' and just be somewhere different. ~ Mike Krieger

We can't allow our leaders to play the old 'do as I say, not as I do' game. ~ Mike Medavoy

In order to love life, I must love living and live love like losing it would look like I have no life left to live. ~ Mighty Mike McGee

As a policy maker, I have to stand up for the rights of all my constituents, regardless of their faith. ~ Mike Quigley

Tatiana Alvarez, who also became a queen of the wheels of steel in L.A., has now sold her incredible cross-dressing, reverse 'Tootsie' story to Warner Bros. in Hollywood, and hotshot producers Mike Medavoy, Brian Medavoy and Erwin More have reunited to turn it into a movie. ~ Robin Leach

One of my favorite scriptures is Proverbs 3:5-6: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and don't lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path." That's a perfect example of trust. Sometimes you can trust and hope that everything is going to be rosy and God doesn't promise that. He promises that He's got our backs and He's prepared a place for us. ~ Mike Fisher

It does make sense to put on some songs that are relatively short, because radio usually only plays songs that are less than 4 or 5 minutes. ~ Mike Gordon

There's nothing, repeat, nothing to be ashamed of when you're going through a depression. If you get help, the chances of your licking it are really good. But, you have to get yourself onto a safe path. ~ Mike Wallace

Our old site did not have very good support for the disabled, but our new site should soon have much better support. With all of our content in divs now, we can hide all but the relevant chunks of content and navigation with a simple alternate CSS file. ~ Mike Davidson

I want someone to attack me. No weapons. Just me and him. I like to beat men and beat them bad ~ Mike Tyson

Music is just a huge part of my life. It affects moods. I've always found it insane how you can hear one song, and it takes you back to a specific, specific moment in your life, and you remember it vividly like it was yesterday. ~ Mike Vogel

I have a particular love of an actor that I did work with, oddly, in 'Donnie Brasco,' who has since become a wonderful talent: Paul Giamatti. I would love to do a whole movie with Paul Giamatti. ~ Mike Newell

By 1968, both The Beatles and The Beach Boys had plenty of fame - we were looking for something deeper. The Maharishi taught us how to go beyond thinking and action in order to grow from within. ~ Mike Love

If you can learn to live with indignities in life, you can go far." And he's right. You can learn a lot by getting knocked down, and I got knocked down over and over again. And every time I got up and kept going. I know there were students in my class who were smarter than me, but I don't know if there was anybody who worked harder than me. ~ Mike Massimino

I'm scared every time I go into the ring, but it's how you handle it. What you have to do is plant your feet, bite down on your mouthpiece and say, 'Let's go.' ~ Mike Tyson

Romantic comedies are backbreaking to write because they have to be fresh. ~ Mike Newell

It's unnatural to fight somebody who has nothing against you and never did anything to you or to your family, who never stole anything from you. And now you've got to go and try to dismantle this guy. ~ Mike Tyson

I have spent hours and hours watching elephants, and to come to understand what emotional creatures they are...it's not just a species facing extinction, it's massive individual suffering. ~ Mike Bond