Michka Assayas Quotes

#1. So how did you end up making a fool of yourself in front of twenty thousand people?
I had a bigger hole to fill.
What do you mean?
A rock star is someone with a hole in his heart almost the size of his ego.

Michka Assayas

#2. There are stories to tell that are not songs.

Michka Assayas

#3. There's a chasm between envy and desire. Envy is like wanting something that's not yours. But desire is different. Desire comes out of wanting what is yours, and still wanting it even if it's not yet there, but it's not envy.

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#4. I don't like to abuse alcohol-anything you abuse will abuse you back.

Michka Assayas

#5. I think cynicism often disguises itself as humour.

Michka Assayas

#6. Where that rage comes from? Partly, I would say it's a sense that a life can be taken away from you, quickly, in a dumb second for the dumbest reason. That makes me mad, defensive and protective.

Michka Assayas

#7. My point about alcohol is that if you abuse something, it abuses you back.

Michka Assayas

#8. Look, the job of life is to turn your negatives into positives

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#9. I fell in love with you because there was a mischief in your eyes.

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#10. But I'd be in big trouble if Karma was going to finally be my judge. I'd be in deep shit. It doesn't excuse my mistakes, but I'm holding out for Grace. I'm holding out that Jesus took my sins onto the Cross, because I know who I am, and I hope I don't have to depend on my own religiosity.

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#11. I've always believed in instinct over intellect. The instinct is what you always knew; intellect is what you figure out.

Michka Assayas

#12. Friendship is higher than love. Sometimes, it's less glamorous, or less passionate, but it's deeper and kind of wiser, I think.

Michka Assayas