“On the Road with Judas” quotes

“In life you don't get the girl. Lying is easier than the truth. That's why I write!”
Kevin Corrigan - JJ Lask

“It's kind of like a steering wheel where, you know, are you pulling it down, or are you pushing up? It's kind of, you're doing both at the same time. And so that's what life is. It's a push-pull.”
Kevin Corrigan - JJ Lask

“Some men are born great, with wealth, propensity, and power. Some men, like me, wrestle greatness to the ground, kicking their typewriters, stomp on their computers, and spill blood all over their notepads and journals, until the sentence is perfect.”
Kevin Corrigan - JJ Lask

“Cuz it's real difficult in life to get things the way you want them. When I'm writing it's easy. But there's a fly in the ointment. I have no... talent.”
Kevin Corrigan - JJ Lask

“- JJ Lask: You ever pretend that you're someone else?
- Serra - Real: No.
- JJ Lask: And you sort of... the other, but the other you is a better you.”
Kevin Corrigan - JJ Lask
Eleanor Hutchins - Serra - Real

“- Waitress: What are you writing?
- JJ Lask: A book.
- Waitress: Ah, a writer.
- JJ Lask: This is actually going to be made into a movie.
- Waitress: The movie is never as good as the book.”
Kevin Corrigan - JJ Lask
Judy Del Giudice - Waitress

“If Jesus had a nice pair of shoes and a good haircut, he'd never been crucified.”
Aaron Ruell - Judas - Real

“- Grif: How many Pac-Men does it take to screw in a light bulb?
- Tom: How many?
- Grif: None, because Pac-Man was built using solid-state circuitry and TTL logic. And when you add that together it's all wired up to a standard arcade display. And then the image seen on the screen is just, you know, a pulsing of the on and off shift in the...” (continue)(continue reading)
Matthew Faber - Grif
Eric Zuckerman - Tom

“I mean, you don't exist, you're an illusion! This is fantasy. I made it up. I invented all this, okay? Stop it, just stop! Stop - right - now.”

Kevin Corrigan - JJ Lask

“- JJ Lask: There's a better me running around in my head.
- Serra - Real: Right. Well I hope the better you can write better than you.”
Kevin Corrigan - JJ Lask
Eleanor Hutchins - Serra - Real

“Just the way fire feeds off of oxygen, you know, love is fueled by truth.”
Kevin Corrigan - JJ Lask

“- Judas - Real: I could pick you up in a half hour.
- Serra - Real: I thought you said you're an hour and a half away.
- Judas - Real: I have a Porsche.”
Aaron Ruell - Judas - Real
Eleanor Hutchins - Serra - Real

“- Serra - Real: Do you know that asparagus makes your urine stink.
- Judas - Real: Yeah, that's really smelly, I know.
- Serra - Real: So, get ready.
- Judas - Real: Yeah, well I don't have any plans on smelling your urine tonight. Just to be totally honest.”
Eleanor Hutchins - Serra - Real
Aaron Ruell - Judas - Real