I pity you all... Most of you will die---scratch that---ALL of you.

— Gerard Way

It is often my nature to be abstract, hidden in plain sight, or nowhere at all.

— Gerard Way

It's okay to love something a little too much, as long as it's real to you.

— Gerard Way

I’ve got to get out of the basement. I’ve got to see the world. Furthermore, I’ve got to make a difference

— Gerard Way

I want to be a vampire. They're the coolest monsters.

— Gerard Way

I was more addicted to self-destruction than to the drugs themselves ... something very romantic about it

— Gerard Way

I went to school in drag, in art school and my day was completely different because everybody thought I was a chick. You should see me as a chick. So I went as a girl, as like an experiment, and it worked really well and everyone was really nice to me, but I couldn't talk obviously...you know train conductors were really cool to me on my commute...HA! I looked hot as a chick!

— Gerard Way

Life is but a dream for the dead.

— Gerard Way

Making a record is a lot like surgery without an anesthetic. You first have to cut yourself up the middle. Then you have to rip out every single organ, every single part and lay them on a table. You then need to examine the parts, and the reality of the situation hits you. You find yourself saying things like "I didn't know that part was so ugly." Or "I better get a professional opinion about that." You go to bed hollow and then back into the operating room the next day. . .facing every fear, every disgusting thing you hate about yourself. Then you pop it all back in, sew yourself shut and perform. . . You perform like your life depended on it----and in those perfect moments you find beauty you never knew existed. You find yourself, and you friends all over again, you find something to fight for, something to love. Something to show the world.

— Gerard Way

No matter how ugly the world gets or how stupid it shows me it is, I always have faith

— Gerard Way