“I'm the biggest nerd - I love comic books and stuff like that! I don't have any friends who are actresses. I only had one girlfriend when I was growing up. Most of my friends were boys. I was such a tomboy. I enjoyed doing guy things.” BookFunnyGuyStuffBoysGrowing UpGrowingMy FriendsActressesComicEnjoyedGirlfriendComic BookNerd Author:Megan Fox
“I was not a giant comic book fan as a kid, but to the extent that I did read comics, Spider-Man was always my favorite guy.” MenBookKidsGuyFansMy FavoriteComicGiantsComic BookSpidersSpider Man Author:J.K. Simmons
“But I would like to think that it's the actor that makes the difference in these cases. Not the director, not the guy that wrote the book, not the guy that adapted it for the screen, but the actor.” ThinkingBookGuyActorsDifferencesCasesDirectorsScreensAdapted Author:Ray Walston
“My first book was called 'Buried Dreams,' about a serial-killer, which was probably about ten years ahead of the serial-killer curve. It was a national bestseller, but it was three years of living in the sewer of this guy's mind.” YearsMindFirstsBookDreamGuyThreeTenBuriedThree YearsKillersCurvesThis GuySerialsSerial KillerSewers Author:Tim Cahill
“The Seeker, The Search, The Sacred by Guy Finley is a very wise book, filled with inspiration to help you dramatically improve your life. I highly recommend it.” BookHelpingInspirationGuyWiseSacredFilledSeekersVery WiseImprove Your Life Author:Daniel Amen
“I came to think that nobody from England could draw American comic books, because they were clearly all done by this sort of Mafia, all these guys with Italian and Irish names who had the whole thing sewn up. It was actually seeing a comic book drawn by Barry Smith, who was about my age, and English.” ThinkingBookDoneWholeAgeGuyNamesSeeingDrawsEnglandComicItalianComic BookMafiaRussian Mafia Author:Dave Gibbons
“I mean, of course, I love sci-fi and stuff like that, but I'm not, like, a comic book crazy guy.” MeanBookGuyCoursesStuffCrazyComicSci FiComic Book Author:Russell Hornsby
“Y'see, I get so bored so easily. I like to start with a clean slate each time. Sure, I'll have characters drop in and out of books but the main cast of characters always changes. Maybe I'm wrong but I think if had the same joe detective guy or gal, I wouldn't write them as well; I wouldn't do as good a job.” IfsThinkingWritingWellsBookCharacterJobsGuyCleanCastsBoredDetectivesSlateGalsClean SlateSo Bored Author:Carl Hiaasen
“In L.A., if you're in improv, and you're on those stages, all the big agents and managers and producers are watching those shows. They're not flying to Chicago to see the show. People are booking jobs off the stages in L.A. who aren't more talented than the guys in Chicago. But the most guys book out of L.A., and the second is New York.” PeopleIfsBookShowsBigsJobsGuyStageNew YorkFlyingProducersAgentsManagersChicago Author:Jake M. Johnson
“I had two projects that fell apart during preproduction. The first one was this movie that Judd Apatow and I had written about two guys following the Rolling Stones. It was going to be half concert film, half pseudo-documentary. It was Mick Jagger's idea.The other one was Simple Plan, based on a novel by Scott Smith. It's a great book - really stark, not a comedy - about a guy who finds $4 million in a plane crash and decides to keep it.” FirstsTwoBookIdeasFilmGuySimpleHalfMillionsNovelComedyPlansWrittenProjectsStonesFollowingPlanesConcertsCrashRollingDocumentariesStarksRolling StonesGreat BookPseudoTwo GuysJaggerPlane CrashesSimple Plan Author:Ben Stiller
“When I was a kid, a book I read advised young artist to be themselves. That decided it for me. I was a corny kind of guy, so I went in for corn.” KindArtBookKidsYoungArtistGuyDecidedBeing YourselfCornCornyYoung Artists Author:Walt Disney
“John Steinbeck's 'The Grapes of Wrath' also speaks urgently to today's concerns: the cratered trail of dreams for Mexican immigrants seeking a promised land in the Western [United States]; the perfidy of banks in foreclosing on poor people's homes; and the insurgent urge of the book's protagonist, Tom Joad, to speak truth to police power. 'Wherever there's a cop beatin' up a guy,' Tom promises, 'I'll be there.' In Salinas, Calif., Ferguson, Mo., or Staten Island, N.Y., Tom's truth goes marching on.” PeopleBookStatesHomeDreamTodayGuySpeakPoorUnitedUnited StatesLandPromiseConcernPoliceWesternSeekingIslandsUrgesImmigrantsTomsCopPoor PeopleTrailsWrathMexicanGrapesSpeak The TruthProtagonistsInsurgentPromised LandFergusonPolice PowerPerfidyMarching On Author:Richard Corliss
“My son, who's on the spectrum is a very rigid thinker. He needs clear-cut definitions of right and wrong. Anything hazy or gray confuses him. For instance, if I try to get him to see that a friend behaved badly, he'll often get upset with me because a friend is a 'good guy' by definition, in his book.” IfsNeedsTryingBookGuyClearCuttingSonDefinitionsInstanceUpsetMy SonGrayThinkerSpectrumGood GuyHazy Author:Bill Vaughan
“Books ain't no good. A guy needs somebody - to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody.” IfsNeedsBookGuyNutsMice Book:Of Mice and Men Source: Of Mice and Men
“I mean, there's always somebody in somebody's administration who jumps out early, sells a book, and goes after the guy who hired him. I don't know if that's good. It may be good business; it's not good politics.” IfsKnowsMayMeanBookGuySellsBe GoodAdministrationGood Business Author:Bob Dole
“I'm not a comic book guy. I've never been to Comic-Con. I don't know anything about that. It's a whole different world.” KnowsWorldBookDifferentWholeGuyComicComic BookDifferent WorldsComic ConComic Book Guy Author:Scott Glenn
“It's a bunch of bull! If God, or nature, or whatever you want to call it didn't want you to mix carbohydrates, starches and fats, you'd never have a grain, you'd never have a vegetable or a fruit, would you? What's in a grain? It's got carbohydrates, starches, fats, sugar. It's got everything in it. Why does nature do that? One guy says don't mix carbohydrates, and the other guy says don't mix protein with it; it's all a bunch of lard, something to sell a book. And the poor public is so confused, they don't know what to do.” IfsKnowsWantDoeBookGuyPoorSellsFruitBunchFatsConfusedVegetablesSugarGrainBullsOther GuysProteinCarbohydratesSo ConfusedLard Author:Jack LaLanne
“We had become those guys... who started a fight... at a Harry Potter book party.” BookGuyFightingPartyHarry PotterPotters Author:Tucker Max
“When you're reading a novel, I think the reason you care about how any given plot turns out is that you take it as a data point in the big story of how the world works. Does such-and-such a kind of guy get the girl in the end? Does adultery ever bring happiness? How do winners become winners?” ThinkingWorldKindDoeBookEndsReasonStoriesBigsCareGuyTurnsGirlReadingGivenNovelDataWinnerPlotAdultery Author:Elif Batuman
“This is the inevitable consequence of a popular movie: you become the guy who wrote "the book that inspired the movie." Frankly speaking, I find it a bit insulting.” BookGuyBitsConsequenceInspiredInevitableInsultingPopular Movie Author:Sergei Lukyanenko
“I think this is the first time I've altered a book based on what you guys told me. So it's an occasion! Soon I'll be putting up polls to choose between plots, and then it's a short stop to accepting anonymous contributions and stapling them together while I sip margaritas on the deck of a Pacific cruise ship.” ThinkingFirstsBookTogetherGuyAcceptingFirst TimeShipsOccasionsContributionPlotPollsAlteredPacificDeckCruiseMargaritaCruise Ships Author:Max Barry
“When I was there at Marvel, everybody thought if you could draw well and you could do sensational panels, that you were going to be a success. The truth is that no matter how good or bad you are as a draftsman, if you can't tell a story, you don't last in comics. ...About halfway through my stay at Marvel, I realized I was being paid to tell a story, not do a drawing. That's why my stuff is always rather simple and uncomplicated compared to a lot of guys.” IfsWellsBookMatterStoriesLastsGuyStuffSimpleTruth IsDrawsPaidDrawingI RealizedComicComic BookHalfwaySensationalUncomplicatedDraftsman Author:John Romita, Sr.
“The seriousness or otherwise of the subject matter is often irrelevent to the question of whether a book is any good. F Scott Fitzgerald wrote a great and beautiful novel which mainly involved shallow people going to parties in a rich guy's house. By contrast, all sorts of terrible books are published every month about men slaughtering people for no reason - a serious matter which, in itself, does not make the author worthy of serious consideration.” PeopleMenDoeBookMatterReasonBeautifulGuyHouseLanguagePartyNovelRichSubjectsSeriousMonthsInvolvedTerribleWorthyConsiderationNo ReasonContrastShallowSeriousnessSubject MatterScott Fitzgerald Author:Declan Lynch
“I have done scenes as Harvey Two-Face. It's interesting. I won't tell you exactly what we're going for, but I think that I can say that it will use all of today's technology to create this character. He's going to be interesting, and I think that's what makes this character important in the movie-you get to see him as he was before, as in the comic books. Harvey is a very good guy in the comic books. He's judicious. He cares. He's passionate about what he loves and then he turns into this character. So you will see that in this film.” ThinkingI CanTwoImportantBookDoneCharacterUseCareTodayFilmFacesGuyTurnsInterestingTechnologySceneVery GoodPassionateComicComic BookGood GuyHarvey Author:Aaron Eckhart
“In a certain sense, this guy - who is one of the most evil people in the book - he's not really that bad at running the show, because he knows what he's doing, he's smart and he's got the big picture in mind. He's like the Godfather.” PeopleKnowsMindBookShowsBigsRunningGuyCertainEvilLiteratureSmartThis GuyBig PictureEvil People Author:Kevin J. Anderson
“The character can never be static from book to book. People might think you just come up with a new plot and stick this guy in. Well, he has to be as new as the plot every time.” PeopleThinkingWellsBookCharacterMightGuySticksCome UpPlotThis GuyStatic Author:Michael Connelly
“Ive never really been a big sci-fi guy or a big comic book guy.” BookBigsGuyComicSci FiComic BookComic Book Guy Author:Sendhil Ramamurthy
“I am a delightfully evangelical guy about things I love. I am that annoying guy who sits everyone down and forces them to read some book I like. I'm looking across the full spectrum of genres.” BookGuyForceDown AndGenreAnnoyingSpectrumEvangelicalThings I Love Author:Anthony Bourdain
“Nobody wants to read about the honest lawyer down the street who does real estate loans and wills. If you want to sell books, you have to write about the interesting lawyers - the guys who steal all the money and take off. That's the fun stuff.” IfsWantWritingDoeBookRealGuyFunStuffInterestingStreetsHonestSellsLawyerStealingEstatesLoanFun Stuff Author:John Grisham
“I want to be with my wife. Sitting on a deckchair, sipping some tea, and reading books in a retirement home, in a beautiful and warm place. I'm a romantic guy.” WantBookHomeBeautifulGuyReadingWifeSittingWarmMy WifeTeaRetirementReading BooksSippingRetirement Homes Author:Robert Pattinson
“Most of you probably didn't know that I have a new book out. Some guy put together a collection of my wit and wisdom - or, as he calls it, my accidental wit and wisdom. But I'm kind of proud that my words are already in book form.” KnowsKindBookHumorTogetherFormPoliticalGuyProudWitCollectionsPolitical HumorNew BooksWit And Wisdom Author:George W. Bush
“One of the best places for a shy person to meet people is in a coffee shop. If you are a reader, bring a book and read it there - that gives a guy something to ask you about. Same goes for sketching, writing, or any hobby you can take with you.” PeopleIfsGivingWritingPersonsBookGuyAsksReaderCoffeeShopsShyHobbiesBest PlaceCoffee ShopSketchingShy Person Author:Laurie Helgoe
“Guys that preach verse-by-verse through books of the Bible - that is just cheating. It's cheating because that would be easy, first of all. That isn't how you grow people. No one in the Scripture modeled that.” PeopleFirstsBookWould BeGuyGrowsEasyScriptureCheatingVerses Author:Andy Stanley
“I do, in fact, have a book club. I meet with a couple of guys once a month of a lunchtime discussion of some interesting text, usually, but not always, philosophical.” BookFactsGuyInterestingMonthsCouplePhilosophicalClubsDiscussionBook ClubSome InterestingLunchtime Author:David Liss
“Barrie and the wonderful characters he created, Lewis Carroll, even French literature, like Baudelaire or over in the States, Poe, you open those books, you open The Flowers of Evil and begin to read. If it were written today, you'd be absolutely stupefied by the work. It's this incredible period where the work is timeless, ageless. So yeah, I just love all those guys. It's my deep passion in those great 19th century writers.” IfsBookStatesCharacterTodayGuyPassionEvilLiteratureWonderfulWrittenCenturyFlowerPeriodsYeahIncrediblesWorking ItTimeless19th CenturyAgelessFrench LiteratureBaudelaireDeep Passion Author:Johnny Depp
“I sit at home and read books. I watch movies. I watch television. I go and play golf. I don't go to nightclubs. I don't go out to dinner that often. I'm not a big party guy.” BookPlayHomeBigsGuyPartyWatchesTelevisionGolfDinnerNightclubsWatch Movie Author:Samuel L. Jackson