Poe had this curious kind of alchemical courage, where he took all the terrible things and terrors that happened in his life, all this shame and fear and pain, and turned them into great works of art. He was a complex, brilliant person who was just wired too tight.
More Quotes by John Cusack
Art is spiritual.
I force people to have coffee with me, just because I don't trust that a friendship can be maintained without any other senses besides a computer or cellphone screen.
Usually I do everything reverse. I practice something in movies and then I try it in real life.
I love these movies where it's just about the film. You don't have my face on the poster. It's all about the movie. I like that.
Any time you stop looking at evil as a black and white thing, it's helpful. So the fact that there won't be any obligatory Islamic terrorist stereotypes in movies any more, that'd be helpful.
Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable or am I miserable because listen to pop music?