“You have to leave the window open for better classes to come along as you go. You can't grow too proud of your script. You have to let the thing shape itself. It guarantees the best classes will always be used and it also keeps you from going braindead. If you grow bored and uninspired working on something, the audience will be able to tell.” IfsAbleUsedGrowsAudienceProudShapesWindowScriptsBoredGuaranteesProud Of YouUninspired Author:Don Hertzfeldt
“If an audience finds themselves paying attention to how you made your film, you're sunk because that means they're unplugged from your story. What matters is what's unfolding on the screen, not how you put it there. It doesn't matter if it's red triangles or million dollar software if the audience doesn't care.” IfsMeanMadeMatterStoriesCareFilmAttentionMillionsAudienceRedDollarsScreensPay AttentionSoftwareWhat MattersMillion DollarsUnfoldingTriangles Author:Don Hertzfeldt
“If you go to a film festival and watch a bunch of features and then watch a bunch of shorts, you will almost always find that the shorts are where people are taking more risks and pushing more boundaries...simply because they have much less to lose.” PeopleIfsFilmLosesWatchesRiskBoundariesBunchFeaturesPushingFestivalsShortsFilm Festivals Author:Don Hertzfeldt
“When you get questions that annoy you the art is answering them differently. If you're bored with it, then everyone will be bored with it.” IfsArtArt IsBoredAnnoying Author:Don Hertzfeldt
“What's interesting is when you talk about that - "living forever" or as long as you possibly can - what you really want is a continuance of your memories and your experiences. If I said you could live another 200 years, but we'd have to reboot you, that's not attractive. Nobody wants that as much as a continuance of your experience.” IfsWantYearsLongSaidMemoriesInterestingForeverAttractiveOur MemoriesContinuance Author:Don Hertzfeldt
“It's one of those things that if I was smart enough to explain it in words, I wouldn't have had to make a movie "World Of Tomorrow" out of it. It's a love letter to science fiction.” IfsWorldEnoughFictionTomorrowSmartLettersScience FictionLove Letter Author:Don Hertzfeldt
