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There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.

I have never been a cynical person.

You have to find some way to not become a cynical or negative person, a person who keeps walking around and opening your eyes in the outside world but inside you close down, a person who stops expecting tomorrow to be better than today.

I am one of those people that's never been really cynical about life, you know.

Amongst my friends, I am known as the most cynical person they know - I'm incredibly cynical. I don't believe in God, I don't believe in the supernatural, I don't believe in anything! And I'm terribly cynical, and somehow or other, all three of my films and much of my television work has been rather sentimental, and 'heartwarming'.

If there's one thing that makes me cynical, it's optimists. They are just far too cynical about cynicism. If only they could see that cynics can be happy, constructive, even fun to hang out with, they might learn a thing or two.

Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.

Being cynical isn't necessarily being negative or bitter. It's a person who is wary of mistaking love for something that it's not and getting their heart broken.

It's often been said that I'm an extremely depressing, cynical writer. I've never known what to make of that.