“Technology's always changing. There was a time where oil painting was a new technology. That changed painting.” Quote by Joe Bradley
“The era of television in which I grew up was much simpler than now. Its conventions were quite transparent and fun to think about. Who could ever remember the plot of those shows?” ThinkingShowsRememberFunTelevisionGrewGrew UpErasPlotConventionsTransparent Author:Joe Bradley
“Painting can also be too earnest at times and that's a drag. You don't want to go in that direction either. It should be holistic. It should represent the whole of your personality, I guess, so if somebody is a sincere painter or an ironic painter, then they're just bullshitting the audience and presenting only an idealized version of themselves.” IfsWantShouldWholeAudiencePaintingPersonalityVersionsPainterSincereIronicDragEarnestPresentingHolistic Author:Joe Bradley
“I like monsters in general - that's what I like to write about. Somebody was joking with me that my body was becoming a manual for a role-playing game because I'm covered in little monsters. That's true. I could easily have more monsters on my skin.” WritingLittlesBodyGamesRolesBecomingSkinsMonstersCoveredManualsPlaying GamesRole Playing Author:Maria Dahvana Headley
“I read an awful lot in college - a lot of Dickens, a lot of 19th century American stuff, a lot of old mysteries. Maybe it's helped me attain a certain fluidity with my style.” CertainStuffMysteryCenturyStyleCollegeAwful19th CenturyDickensFluidity Author:Josh Lieb
“You have to know writing styles well before you can copy them - and then incorporate parts of them into your own style.” KnowsWritingWellsStyleCopiesWriting Style Author:Josh Lieb
“I keep my TV writing and my book writing almost wholly separate. The audiences feel so different.” FeelsWritingBookDifferentAudienceTvsBook Writing Author:Josh Lieb
“The thing is that the money issue looms so large in art now. And it has absolutely nothing to do with art. If you're painting goes for ten grand or a hundred grand, it doesn't make painting any easier. And it doesn't make the painting any better if it goes for a hundred grand.” IfsArtIssuesPaintingEasierTenHundredAbsolutely Nothing Author:Joe Bradley
“I can't focus on any one day, because I always have to be ready for the next. It's fun but frenetic - like living in a circus that never stops performing.” I CanNextFunFocusReadyOne DayPerformingCircus Author:Josh Lieb
“I have to start writing down things that happen, or I'll forget my life entirely.” WritingHappensForget Author:Josh Lieb
“When I was younger I was very opinionated about art. And then, I realized that I kind of recognized this pattern where the things that I was vehemently of pissed off about, I would end up loving them two years later. So I just tried to mellow out. Like there's art that I think is pretty silly, but it doesn't get under my skin like it used to.” ThinkingYearsKindArtTwoEndsUsedSkinsPatternsI RealizedSillyTwo YearsPissed OffMellowOpinionated Author:Joe Bradley