“It seems like I always wrote, I just didn't think of it as a career choice. I just liked to tell stories ... to myself, to pen pals (I had a lot of them, all over the world). Of course this was in the days before computers were everywhere, and anyone could access the Web. You had to make an effort keeping up a correspondence, and the arrival of the mail once a day was a big deal. I think if modern technology had been around when I was a kid, I would never have left my bedroom except to take the dogs out for their run three times a day.” IfsThinkingWorldStoriesBigsSeemsRunningKidsChoicesThreeCoursesLeftDealsEffortCareersTechnologyModernDogComputerAccessPensMailBedroomThree TimesBig DealArrivalsCorrespondencePalsModern TechnologyCareers Choices Author:Charles de Lint
“Centralization of society's vital services in giant computer centers, reservoirs, nuclear power plants, air- traffic control centers, 100-story skyscrapers, and government compounds increases its vulnerability. ... choosing his targets, today's saboteur could pollute a city's water supply, dynamite power transmission towers, cripple an airport control center, destroy a corporate or government computer center.” StoriesGovernmentTodayWaterCitiesAirComputerIncreasePlantNuclearCorporateVulnerabilityGiantsTargetTowersTrafficAirportsCompoundsTransmissionNuclear PowerReservoirsCripplesDynamiteSkyscraperPower PlantsCentralizationSaboteursAir Traffic ControlTraffic Control Author:Anatol Rapoport
“I only can write a book every two years, you know. And I write very fast, but I'm not always writing every day. I needed a contact with different things, like nature, for example. I cannot be in front of a computer trying to tell a story.” KnowsWritingTryingYearsTwoBookDifferentStoriesFrontsExampleNeededComputerContactDifferent ThingsTwo YearsWriting Every Day Author:Paulo Coelho
“It's can you, Steve Wozniak, design the same computer - maybe it's a Varian 620i - can you design it on paper with fewer chips than last month? Can you design it with 79 chips instead of 80 chips? I had played this game so long that I had all these little tricks in my head that I can't even explain... Nothing was wasted; absolutely zero waste. I told this story recently to the Resource Recovery Association, recycling, and they loved to hear I didn't believe in waste.” BelieveLittlesLongI CanStoriesLastsGamesDesignMonthsWastePaperComputerResourcesTricksRecoveryZeroAssociationFewerChipsRecycling Author:Steve Wozniak
“You hear these stories about people who take apart their radio and put it back. Or just learn a lot from taking it apart. But I wasn't as into that stuff as I was just into how computer programs work.” PeopleStoriesStuffComputerProgramRadio Author:Mark Zuckerberg
“The value of market esoterica to the consumer of investment advice is a different story. In my opinion, investment success will not be produced by arcane formulae, computer programs or signals flashed by the price behavior of stocks and markets. Rather an investor will succeed by coupling good business judgment with an ability to insulate his thoughts and behavior from the super-contagious emotions that swirl about the marketplace.” DifferentStoriesValuesAbilityEmotionOpinionAdviceSucceedBehaviorJudgmentComputerProgramInvestmentConsumersInvestorsSignalsMarketplaceContagiousGood BusinessSwirlsArcaneInvestment SuccessCoupling Author:Warren Buffett
“What's happened with computer technology is perfectly timed for someone with my set of skills. I tell stories with pictures. What I love about CGI is that if I can think it, it can be put on the screen.” IfsThinkingI CanStoriesTechnologyHappenedSkillsComputerScreensComputer TechnologyCgi Author:Frank Miller
“Now scarcely a week goes by without a news story about the cops swooping down on some adolescent prowler who is as skilled at breaking into computer systems as defense contractors are at breaking into the Federal budget.” StoriesWeekModernComputerNewsDefenseBudgetsCopModern LifeContractorNews StoriesComputer Systems Author:Russell Baker
“There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.” PeopleStoriesHeavenDarkBrokenComputerFairyAfterlifeRelatableBroken DownAfraid Of DeathFairy StoriesNot Afraid Of DeathEarly Death Author:Stephen Hawking
“Writing helped to have jobs that involved running around, pushing things like dish carts and wheelbarrows. It would be hard to sit at a desk all day, and then come to sit at another desk. Also, it helps to abandon hope. If I sit at my computer, determined to write a New Yorker story I won't get beyond the first sentence. It's better to put no pressure on it. What would happen if I followed the previous sentence with this one, I'll think. If the eighth draft is torture, the first should be fun. At least if you're writing humor.” IfsThinkingShouldWritingFirstsHardHelpingStoriesHappensWould BeRunningJobsFunInvolvedComputerPressureDeterminedSentencesTorturePushingAbandonDishesDesksNew YorkersCartsNo PressureWheelbarrowsWriting Humor Author:David Sedaris
“I always carry a notepad with me, even on vacation. If I'm on the computer when the story 'hits', I open a Word document and start typing until I get it all out. I've got tons of notes that I never throw out. You never know when a story will strike!” IfsKnowsStoriesComputerNotesStrikesVacationDocumentsTypingNotepads Author:Franny Armstrong
“I've always loved animation it's the reason why I do what I do for a living - the films of Walt Disney. This art form is so spectacular and beautiful. And I never quite understood the feeling amongst animation studios that audiences today only wanted to see computer animation. It's never about the medium that a film is made in, it's about the story. It's about how good the movie is.” ArtMadeReasonStoriesFeelingsTodayWantedBeautifulFilmFormAudienceComputerUnderstoodStudiosMediumsReason WhyNever QuitAnimationSpectacularWaltComputer Animation Author:John Lasseter
“It [moviemaking] is about entertaining audiences with great characters and great stories, you want to make people laugh, you want to make people cry, you want to have great music that is memorable. You want a movie that, as soon as it's over, you want to watch it again, just like that. That's what it is, whether it's live-action, animation, hand drawn, computer, special effects, puppet animation, it doesn't matter. That's the goal of a filmmaker.” PeopleWantMatterCharacterStoriesHandsActionGoalWatchesAudienceLaughingSpecialEffectsCryComputerMemorableFilmmakerOver YouEntertainingAnimationMaking People LaughPuppetsGreat MusicGreat CharacterSpecial Effects Author:John Lasseter
“First of all, computer animation is certainly a tremendous and viable medium today. But the warmth and personality derived from 2-D animation, in my opinion, cannot be surpassed. Certain stories lend themselves well to 3-D animation and I won't labor this with naming them, but in my bones, I still respond more emotionally to the artists feel in 2-D. You feel the 'actor' in the animator more personally...it's hard to explain.” FeelsFirstsWellsStillsHardStoriesTodayArtistCertainActorsOpinionPersonalityComputerLaborBonesMediumsWarmthAnimationAnimatorComputer Animation Author:Richard Sherman
“I always wrote. I've written stories since I was 9. We didn't have a computer at home, but my aunt Magda had one. Whenever I'd go to her place, I was in the basement working on her computer, writing stories.” WritingStoriesHomeWrittenComputerAuntBasementsWriting Stories Author:Xavier Dolan
“I definitely prefer directing, hands down. I'm a lazy writer and it wasn't until I got into directing that I now have a real impetus when I'm sitting at my computer. Now that I know what it's like to get to bring characters and their stories to fruition, I'm addicted. I'm a junkie. I want more.” KnowsWantRealCharacterStoriesHandsComputerSittingLazyJunkieFruitionImpetus Author:Coley Sohn
“My theory is, I don't know how long it's going to be five or ten years, there will be only two ways to see a movie and that will either be on your computer through your TV screen or in the cinema, end of story. There will be no DVD, that's it, simple.” KnowsWayYearsLongTwoEndsStoriesSimpleKnow HowFiveTvsTheoryTenComputerScreensCinemaTwo WaysDvds Author:Eric Fellner
“My ex-student, Idit Harel, who wrote a book, "Children Designs," has a documented story of a kid who was very shy, isolated and didn't talk much to other kids. She was a little overweight, and the other kids looked down on her for that reason.But then she made a discovery about how to do something on the computer. The discovery was picked up by other kids, and within a few weeks there was a total transformation. This kid was now in demand. And that changed her feeling about herself.” ChildrenLittlesMadeBookReasonStoriesFeelingsKidsWeekDesignChangedStudentsDemandComputerDiscoveryTransformationShyIsolatedExesOverweight Author:Seymour Papert
“I begin with understanding the intentions of the story. That helps me to zero in. Then I gather research for each individual character and analyze the time period with comparisons to the figure and the facial structure. It helps to be comfortable with computers because the massive amount of research is kept electronically and shared with my staff this way. Very little is printed out. I work with an illustrator to come up with the proper silhouettes and details of the clothing from the time period to time period. And on and on.” WayLittlesCharacterHelpingStoriesIndividualUnderstandingFiguresAmountPeriodsComfortableComputerResearchStructureIntentionCome UpDetailsHelp MeComparisonMassiveZeroClothingsStaffPrintedFacialSilhouettesIllustratorsTime Periods Author:Ruth E. Carter
“Whatever job I had, I was always writing like crazy. All I ever liked about offices was being able to type up stories on the computer when no one was looking. I was never paying much attention in meetings because I was usually scribbling bits of my latest stories in the margins of the pad or thinking up names for my characters. This is a problem when you're supposed to be taking minutes of the meeting.” ThinkingWritingCharacterStoriesProblemAbleJobsNamesBitsAttentionCrazyMinutesTypeOfficeComputerMeetingsSupposed To BeMarginsPads Author:J. K. Rowling
“Alternating the thoughtful task of writing with the mindless work of laundry or dish washing will give you the breaks you need for new ideas and insights to occur. If you don't know what comes next in the story... clean your toilet. Change the bed sheets. For Christ sakes, dust the computer. A better idea will come.” IfsKnowsNeedsGivingWritingIdeasStoriesNextChristBreakBedComputerTasksCleanSakeInsightDustThoughtfulNew IdeasDishesSheetsToiletsWashingLaundryMindlessBed Sheets Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“I have many stories which don't make it to the computer. When I put it into the computer I make some changes and often add a few sentences here and there. I like the typewriter for first drafts because it means you can't change anything right away, you just have to put it all down.” FirstsMeanStoriesComputerAddSentencesHere And ThereCan't ChangeTypewriters Author:Arthur Bradford
“I do need to find inner tranquillity and get into a "zone" before I switch on the computer to work on a story. Only after this do I enter the story world, where I meet the characters and, together, we work through the day and night.” WorldNeedsCharacterStoriesTogetherNightComputerZoneDay And NightTranquillity Author:Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
“When Paul [Greengrass] was writing, he'd send me story ideas that he had. He was particularly interested in social movements and revolutions that had been happening all over the world, and how computers and the internet had helped those movements. He encouraged me to read a book about Anonymous, the hacker group called "white hat" hackers, meaning they're driven by ideology and social disruption as opposed to just greed.” WorldWritingBookIdeasStoriesSocialWhiteGroupsMovementRevolutionInternetComputerHappeningsGreedDrivenIdeologyHatsDisruptionHackersSocial Movements Author:Julia Stiles
“Writing relies on very few things, my friend. All you need to write is your brain, a way to convey the story into existence (pen, computer, whatever), and a place in which to do it (office, kitchen table, lunar brothel).” WayNeedsWritingStoriesExistenceBrainOfficeComputerMy FriendsTablesRelyKitchenPensKitchen TableBrothels Author:Chuck Wendig
“I found myself sitting at the computer, and I thought I was going to write a kind of simple nostalgic story about two boys and their love of kite fighting. But stories have a will of their own, and this one turned out to be this dark tale about betrayal, loss, regret. The short story which was about 25 pages long sat around for a couple of years.” WritingYearsKindLongTwoStoriesFightingFoundDarkLossSimpleBoysRegretCoupleComputerPagesSittingBetrayalTalesSatShort StoryNostalgicKites Author:Khaled Hosseini
“I spoke to a blogger. It was election time when we were doing the movie and Hillary Clinton was still in the running. This blogger was doing a story on democratic women who were anti-Hillary. He was on the computer speaking to these women and it made me realize that you can reach a much broader audience online but on the other hand Russell's [Crowe] character argues that you still need to get on the streets and see people face to face, and check your facts.” PeopleNeedsMadeStillsCharacterFactsStoriesHandsRunningFacesRealizingAudienceStreetsComputerElectionDemocraticClintonArguingChecksOnlineSpokesFace To FaceBloggersElection Time Author:Rachel McAdams
“Fuzzy logic will produce a computer that will even seem to have a personality. It will seem to have a character. It will be able to talk to you. It will be able to translate from one language to another instantaneously. You will be able to give it instructions. You will be able to tell it stories. If it doesn't understand something, it will ask you.” IfsGivingCharacterStoriesSeemsAbleAsksLanguageProducePersonalityComputerLogicInstructionTranslateFuzzy Author:Owsley Stanley
“It's how you tell the story that makes it new. That's what artists do. They let us look at the world from a different perspective. They let us look at birds in a way that makes us never see birds again in the same way. That's why I don't think computers are healthy for kids. They're too literal. You pop a button and a bluebird comes out. You pop another button and you can take the color blue and shove it into the outline of the bluebird.” ThinkingWorldWayLooksDifferentStoriesKidsArtistColorPerspectiveHealthyComputerBirdBluePopsButtonsLiteralOutlinesDifferent PerspectiveBluebirdColor Blue Author:Julie Taymor
“If you're sitting in your minivan, playing your computer animated films for your children in the back seat, is it the animation that's entertaining you as you drive and listen? No, it's the storytelling. That's why we put so much importance on story. No amount of great animation will save a bad story.” IfsChildrenStoriesFilmAmountComputerSittingImportanceStorytellingYour ChildrenSeatsEntertainingAnimationAnimatedAnimated FilmsMinivansComputer Animation Author:John Lasseter
“The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical design, but what's missing is the eyebrows.” GivingStoriesMissingDesignEmotionalInternetComputerMathematicalFree SpeechEyebrowsMissing You Author:Frank Zappa
“I just think people have a lot of fiction. But, you know, I mean, the real story of Facebook is just that we've worked so hard for all this time. I mean, the real story is actually probably pretty boring, right? I mean, we just sat at our computers for six years and coded.” PeopleThinkingKnowsYearsMeanRealHardStoriesFictionSixComputerEntrepreneurBoringSatReal Story Author:Mark Zuckerberg
“The moral of the story is we're here on Earth to fart around. And, of course, the computers will do us out of that. And, what the computer people don't realize, or they don't care, is we're dancing animals. You know, we love to move around.” PeopleKnowsStoriesCareEarthMovingCoursesRealizingAnimalMoralComputerDancingDon't CareFartMoral Of The Story Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“Never steal another reporter's story; never take the last of another reporter's ammo; never mess with another reporter's computer. Those are the rules, unless you work for a tabloid, where they replace "never" with "always".” StoriesLastsComputerStealingMessReportersTabloidsAmmo Book:Feed: The Newsflesh Trilogy: Source: Feed: The Newsflesh Trilogy: