Edgar Allan Poe is amazing because he was so dark. He's from Baltimore and so cynical that you can feel it when you're reading, it feels so honest.
I think of myself as writing realist American fiction. 'Cynical but hopeful' wouldn't be the worst thing I've ever been called.
We can look forward to four more years of wonderful, inspirational speeches full of wit, poetry, music, love and affection, plus more goddamn nonsense.
It's hard to portray your personality in 140 characters. And so, at times, I tend to be very cynical. And I don't think that comes across very well on social media.
It's hard to reinvent the wheel with a cop show. But 'Rookie Blue' has a pure emotional center that's not cynical.
COUGHS. These are symptoms, not diseases. Take them to your doctor and he can give you something serious to worry about.
Anything that has cynicism to it and that's jaded is smutty.
This damned ranting about doom. Is that food for the minds of modern people? Do they really expect us to take them seriously?
I wanted to take the audience on a journey where that transition was funny and awkward. It's the same cynicism that [Strange] has.
Sorry to be so cynical, but this is New York
I can say that even in the midst of my most cynical comic stripping: Opus shone through with a bit of heart, anchoring the ugly proceedings with a comforting pull of emotion.
The cynicism doesn't come across in the final; it can be taken as a very sincere plea for someone to not go away.
I really ought to try and make a film that's a bit more cynical. But I don't think I'd know how to do it. I think what it is, is that if you're a film director, you're basically there because you enjoy manipulating people's emotions.
