Goodbye, Mr. Nothing Quotes

“Idle living turns me into an idiot. I can’t afford to get stupid. I’ve already been irritating. I’ve used up my passes on personality flaws.”
― F.K. Preston, Goodbye, Mr. Nothing

“My darling Prometheus, you failed at being human. It’s such a simple thing to be human. You didn’t understand that you never had to be any good at it. You simply had to try. The modern Prometheus. I feel your inadequacy under my skin. Crawling like worms. You possessed that love and rage indeed. Entertain away, dear Monster. Frankenstein forced you into humanity. Tried to make you a man. That was his first mistake. You should have aimed for the Gods.”
― F.K. Preston, Goodbye, Mr. Nothing

“The problem with creations is that they’ll never understand their true value. It’s the same with parents and children. The mother knows her daughter is important but she does not voice this fact. So the daughter will constantly wonder what her worth is. She will forever look to the mother for reassurance. The mother thinks the daughter is clingy. The daughter thinks the mother is cold. The truth is that they don’t communicate with one another. They just assume. And so they assume themselves into resentment. Where they never speak. They never listen. They die wondering why what they gave was never enough. Thankfully this is easily fixed. All that is required is an open mind and a little patience. But who the hell’s got time for that?”
― F.K. Preston, Goodbye, Mr. Nothing

“Dreams are the currency for the desperate and lonely." Said a man called Nothing.”
― F.K. Preston, Goodbye, Mr. Nothing

“Winter’s come and I’m miserable. I hate depression. This self-pity. I’m rather drowning in it. We always get posh when we’re miserable. I’m rather empty. Looking outside, the morning is drowning in rain. Is my mind so easily dictated by the weather? What am I, a plant? I have legs to move me inside. Feet to dance. A voice to sing. That tree isn’t moping about. Although, if you don’t have a mind to mope with, you’ll hardly mope in the first place. But all mindful beings mope. Even that tabby cat huddled under the neighbour’s car looks miserable.”
― F.K. Preston, Goodbye, Mr. Nothing

“There’s nothing that makes me cry harder than fiction. There’s nothing that makes me weep, nothing that holds my breath and brings tears stinging to my eyes more than fiction. And all those sad realities which filter through my days. They leave no lasting impression. All they serve is small reminders of my busy life. Small purposes: remember the pain of the world. Okay, alright. I remember it all. Then I go watch a movie. I listen to the classical music station in my car at five-thirty pm where they always play that same song. I watch a play, watch the performance. Watch the smoke descend upon the stage. This fiction. It’s the only thing that affects me. Funny, isn’t it?”
― F.K. Preston, Goodbye, Mr. Nothing

“Actors are learnt in flimsy ways. They’re speaking the words of someone else when you see them. A professional. Those are not their thoughts. So when you’re interviewing one it’s a bit of a gamble. Can they even string a sentence together? Are they an idiot? Are they the smartest person in the room? Are they well-read? Are they interesting? It always comes down to that last question. Are you interesting? Will you make this unique? I walked into this conversation expecting something. Can you deliver your lines like your characters do? Sometimes the answer is a resounding yes. Those are the best days. The worst ones go horribly. Because they’re just boring.”
― F.K. Preston, Goodbye, Mr. Nothing

“As an actor, I’ve spent every second of my life performing to people who don’t talk back. They never speak back. Understand? Participating in conversations becomes one of the hardest things alive when you make a living performing one-sided ones.”
― F.K. Preston, Goodbye, Mr. Nothing

“Mr. Nothing looked ready to bolt out of the place. But it was too crowded to bolt. He would have to shuffle. And shuffling away from an argument was never a cool thing to do. I suspected Mr. Nothing, as most celebrities must, spent a lot of time trying to figure out various ways to look cool.”
― F.K. Preston, Goodbye, Mr. Nothing

“If you don’t grow. If you don’t learn. If you don’t change. If you don’t listen. It’s likely you’re wrong.”
― F.K. Preston, Goodbye, Mr. Nothing

“I made myself speak without thinking. This was the only way I could sound human.”
― F.K. Preston, Goodbye, Mr. Nothing

“Am I entitled to my ego if my ego has manufactured impressive results?”
― F.K. Preston, Goodbye, Mr. Nothing

“From a lover to a life, the one thing you'll never get back is a moment.”
― F.K. Preston, Goodbye, Mr. Nothing

“It felt familiar. But just because it was familiar, it didn’t make it easy.”
― F.K. Preston, Goodbye, Mr. Nothing