“I have a responsibility to tell the truth. The truth about what we`ve done, and what we`ll do.” Quote by Rick Snyder
“Ben Carson and I don`t have much in common politically. But the fact is when you have kids getting involved in the political process, doing their best to elect the candidates of their choice, that`s what the American democracy is about.” FactsKidsPoliticalChoicesProcessCommonDemocracyInvolvedCandidatesAmerican DemocracyBen Carson Author:Bernie Sanders
“Everything I thought I'd hate about having children - the crying, the screaming - nothing fazes me. I love it all and it's relaxed me.” ChildrenHateCryRelaxedHaving Children Author:Elton John
“I don't go around every other day calling for governors to resign. I don't think I ever have.” ThinkingCallingGovernors Author:Bernie Sanders
“I used to pile on the detail, which was probably a way of hedging my bets while I was working out my own way of doing things. I've cut it back over the years, but some of the descriptions can still be still pretty dense. So the answer is somewhere between fairly detailed and maybe too detailed. Fortunately, people are seeing the final pages and not my raw script.” PeopleWayYearsStillsUsedMy OwnAnswersCuttingSeeingPagesFinalsScriptsDetailsWork OutDescriptionDenseHedging Author:James Vance
“I'd forgotten how challenging comics can be until I started working on Ropes. Yes, you're restricted by the boundaries of the page, but we all work within technical limitations of some kind.” KindChallengesPagesForgottenBoundariesLimitationRope Author:James Vance
“There's a certain pressure you put on yourself to use the comics page to full advantage that can focus your mind to a pinpoint, and when the juices are flowing, that's incredibly exciting. When you've managed to fit a complex set of actions or a complicated emotional passage into a single page there's the sense of satisfaction that I suspect a sculptor gets from chipping away at a piece of stone and ending up with a fully-realized work of art.” MindArtUseActionCertainFocusPiecesEmotionalFitPagesAdvantageStonesExcitingPressureComplexesSatisfactionComplicatedSuspectsWorks Of ArtPassagesJuiceSculptorsChipping Away Author:James Vance
“I'm not sure I can name a kind of story that wouldn't work in comics form. It's words and images, and we've been telling all kinds of stories with that combination since theatre was invented thousands of years ago.” YearsKindI CanStoriesFormNamesYears AgoTheatreAll KindsCombinationNot Sure Author:James Vance
“I've been asked if I'd consider doing Ropes as a straight novel - which is flattering, I suppose - but I can't imagine why I'd want to limit myself that way. There's a certain immediacy we gain from that specific image of Fred being struck by a revelation, of those union workers appearing from the shadows in an alley, of a lonely woman wondering for just a moment if she should make a pass at this young man in her hotel room” IfsMenWayWantShouldI CanMomentsYoungCertainRoomsWonderNovelImagineLimitsShadowGainsLonelyUnionsWorkersYoung ManRevelationsHotelRopeAppearingFlatteringAlleysHotel RoomsImmediacyLonely Women Author:James Vance
“But knowing that the world had come full circle to our Depression story didn't change the way we worked on it, or encourage us to change our thrust. I want people to be able to pick up this book in the future no matter what's going on in the world, and appreciate it on its own merits, not for any perceived winks at the headlines.” PeopleWorldWayWantBookMatterStoriesAbleKnowingPicksAppreciateNo Matter WhatCirclesMeritThrustHeadlinesFull Circle Author:James Vance
“Understand, my own politics aren't necessarily interchangeable with what any of my characters believe. You could take each of the characters in On the Ropes, and I'd probably be in sympathy with a different one on any given day, depending on what's going on in the world.” WorldBelieveDifferentCharacterGivenMy OwnRope Author:James Vance