“I don't think we're necessarily drawing from that specific sort of storyline, because I think we're all just super-blessed and grateful to have a show on HBO and to be working together and employed. But we are definitely speaking to things that our friends have experienced and others in our realm have experienced, for sure.” ThinkingShowsTogetherBlessedGratefulDrawingRealmsWorking TogetherEmployedStorylineHbo Author:Steve Zissis
“Well, what we do is we have a script, of course. But for us, writing is also like storyboarding. It's drawing. And so we will cut all of those drawings together with music, sound effects and dialogue. And we screen this kind of stick-figure version of the film.” WritingWellsKindTogetherFilmCoursesSoundCuttingEffectsFiguresSticksScriptsScreensDrawingDialogueVersionsSound EffectsStoryboarding Author:Pete Docter
“The music starts as being way separate from the lyrics, and I write - I have notebooks that I fill with drawings and just words, and stuff that I've written.” WayWritingStuffWrittenDrawingNotebook Author:Zachary Cole Smith
“It's easy to get into habitual ways of drawing things and I'm as much guilty of this as anyone else - after all, it's part of what makes a recognisable personal style. But I always try and think a lot about each image beforehand, try and envisage the best way of approaching it.” ThinkingWayTryingEasyStyleDrawingBest WayGuiltyHabitualEasy To GetPersonal Style Author:Bryan Talbot
“When I was three or four, I was really good at drawing and painting, and everyone used to say, "You're going to go to art college." I didn't really know what that meant.” KnowsArtUsedThreeFourCollegePaintingDrawingDrawing And Painting Author:Noel Fielding
“I've been drawing since I could hold a pencil. I've got many ideas that are still to be drawn out, but the couple collaborations in development are with other actor/writers for graphic novel/comic that could potentially become a film project.” StillsIdeasFilmActorsNovelDevelopmentCoupleProjectsDrawingComicCollaborationPencilsGraphicGraphic Novels Author:Jade Hassoune
“I believe consciousness is non-local and a big part of what we experience with near death and past lives. It's the consciousness that has come into us from other experiences and our consciousness that we remain aware of when we leave our bodies and they communicate with us through dreams, and even through drawings which I do a lot of work with myself.” BelieveDreamBodyBigsPastI BelieveConsciousnessCommunicateDrawingLocalsPast LifeNear Death Author:Bernie Siegel
“It's crazy how intelligent kids can be at a very young age and how they know what they know. I came out of the womb drawing on everything; I used to draw on my mother's white furniture and her white walls with her red lipstick and my pencils. Little did she know that would later materialize into me doing what I do now - I'm a painter as well and a micromechanical engineer.” KnowsWellsLittlesKidsAgeYoungUsedMotherWhiteCrazyWallDrawsRedIntelligentDrawingPainterEngineersPencilsFurnitureWombYoung AgeLipstickRed LipsRed LipstickWhite Walls Author:Aldis Hodge
“Some of my job consists of me drafting and making technical drawings. So everything I did back then has materialized into something substantial for me today. Whatever kids are into, that might be their thing.” MightKidsTodayJobsDrawingDrafting Author:Aldis Hodge
“I met designers that are in the business for ten years in the movies, and their biggest complaint is things don't look anything like they were designed. Look at my drawing! But nobody ever sees the drawing, that's the thing. So I knew right from the beginning that I would design everything in 3D on my computer, and those models literally went to the machines. So every little radius on most of the vehicles you see there, I built with my mouse and keyboard.” YearsLooksLittlesDesignMetsTenComputerModelsBuiltMachinesDrawingDesignerVehicleMiceComplaintsKeyboardsRadius Author:Daniel Simon
“The whole essence of good drawing - and of good thinking, perhaps - is to work a subject down to the simplest form possible and still have it believable for what it is meant to be.” ThinkingStillsWholeFormSubjectsEssenceDrawingMeant To BeSimplestBelievableBelievabilityGood Thinking Author:Chuck Jones
“I've been creating work by silk-screening images of arms and legs and heads and objects on paper - like drawings of vegetables, guns, hats, whatever - and then also printing sheets of patterns, colorful polka dots and line drawing patterns.” LinesObjectsArmsPaperCreatingGunPatternsLegsDrawingHatsVegetablesSheetsPrintingSilkDotsColorfulScreeningArms And LegsPolkaPolka Dots Author:Brian Chippendale
“When I was between seven and 13, I hated music. I wasn't interested in music at all. I'd tried to listen to it just because all my friends were getting into pop music and everything, and I remember I just wasn't interested at all. I liked drawing and science.” RememberMy FriendsSevenPopsDrawingHatedPop Music Author:Jens Lekman
“Architectural drawing is a language with conventions where the rules can be deliberately misused; a well-composed architectural drawing can both contain correct and incorrect arrangements of meaningful things.” WellsLanguageDrawingMeaningfulConventionsArrangementsMisusedMeaningful Things Author:Jimenez Lai
“But we did see the process develop. I remember going to the Rocket Pictures base and they had something like 40 people there, drawing. They didn't know what the characters looked like yet and I remember on the walls seeing 30 or 40 different versions of Juliet. So, it was then that I realised that someone's got to come in and make some really executive decisions.” PeopleKnowsDifferentCharacterRememberProcessDecisionSeeingWallDrawingVersionsExecutivesRocketsRealisedJuliet Author:Matt Lucas
“The magic of comics is that there are three people involved in any comic: There is whoever is writing it, and whoever is drawing it, and then there's whoever is reading it, because the really important things in comics are occurring in the panel gutters, they're occurring between panels as the person reading the comics is moving you through, is creating a film in their heads.” PeopleWritingPersonsImportantFilmMovingThreeReadingMagicInvolvedCreatingImportant ThingsDrawingComicGutters Author:Neil Gaiman
“If you are intent on drawing or painting on your prints, you must first learn to draw and paint at least as well as you photograph.” IfsFirstsWellsPaintingPhotographyDrawsPaintPhotographDrawingPrint Author:Bill Jay
“I love you for putting your hand into my heaped up heart and passing over all the frivolous and weak things that you cannot help seeing there, and for drawing out into the light all the beautiful and radiant things that no one else had looked quite far enough to find.” HeartEnoughHelpingHandsLightBeautifulBeautySeeingLove YouWeakDrawingFoolishPassingPassingsBelongingRadiantFrivolous Author:Roy Croft
“I make very involved drawings, even little structures, and try using design to figure out the rhythm of a plot. If there are several narrators then a clue has to pop up in the first line. There have to be certain grammatical clues, or distinctive names.” IfsTryingFirstsLittlesCertainNamesLinesFiguresDesignInvolvedStructurePopsDrawingRhythmPlotClueDistinctiveNarrators Author:Louise Erdrich
“I consider drawings finished works of art, first of all. However, the ideas can be something that can be developed into something larger. I don't make so many drawings anymore since I'm working with language. I used to make more when I worked with sculptural things, especially the wire pieces.” FirstsArtIdeasUsedLanguagePiecesFinishedDrawingWorks Of ArtWireFinished Work Author:Robert Barry
“I do make some drawings for wall pieces. I do work out some ideas for large-scale wall pieces where I have to organize words or get proportions right. I do keep them in my files. Not an exhibit or a show; just as part of my records, my archives.” IdeasShowsRecordsPiecesWallWork OutDrawingScalesProportionOrganizeFilesExhibitsLarge ScaleArchives Author:Robert Barry
“The drawings that I show - the drawings that I present to people are finished works in themselves. They're meant to be thought of that way and not necessarily lead to larger pieces or anything like that. And that's the way I work now.” PeopleWayShowsPiecesFinishedDrawingMeant To BeFinished Work Author:Robert Barry
“And yes, there are things I want to keep, that I like around me - especially when there's very little left. I just want to keep those little bits of reminders of my past. There are certain drawings from the '60s; certain little paintings from the '60s that I keep.” WantLittlesPastCertainLeftBitsPaintingLittle BitDrawingRemindersMy Past Author:Robert Barry
“After I did the drawings of trees combining them with words, I started doing - I did that for a very short time. Then it kind of - that sort of evolved into just showing the branches of a tree coming down into the trunk and then going into the root system. So I showed both the branches and the roots of a tree, which were about equal. There is as much going on under the ground as is going on above the ground, which you can see.” KindTreeEqualRootsDrawingBranchesShort TimeTrunksCombining Author:Robert Barry
“The words represent ideas first of all. That is something you have to understand. I mean, it is not just an object, but it is an object with a history and it is loaded with all kinds of implications and ideas. They exist in the world in a very special way. So they kind of represent some aspect of the world that we perceive, as do photographs, as do drawings of trees or whatever. And they are not a one to one. They are not the world, but they kind of refer to the world and they also exist in the world.” WorldWayFirstsKindMeanIdeasTreeSpecialObjectsAspectPhotographDrawingAll KindsPerceiveImplicationsLoaded Author:Robert Barry
“There was a period there where I was like, "No, no, no, this is crazy. I don't want to take any more drawing classes and talk about what looks best. I want to study math and psychology and physics and all these nerdy things with computers." That was fun and great, but that didn't work out. At the end of high school, I was like, "Uhh, what's easier? Drawing is easier, I'll do that".” WantLooksEndsSchoolFunClassStudyPsychologyCrazyPeriodsEasierComputerHigh SchoolWork OutMathDrawingPhysicsNerdyHigh School Ending Author:James Pearse Connelly
“From my personal taste, it needed more of a visual style. It's so hard when you're adapting something that's so visually scrumptious like Mike Oeming's drawings. They're so unique to comics, but they're a voice.” HardVoiceStyleNeededTasteUniqueDrawingVisualsMikeAdaptingPersonal TasteLike Mike Author:Brian Michael Bendis
“I can look at my early work and see what a pained struggle it was to draw what I was drawing. I was trying so hard to get this specific look that was in my head, and always falling short.” TryingLooksI CanHardFallStruggleDrawsDrawingTrying So HardEarly Work Author:Daniel Clowes
“I think there was a point that I realized I could do what I wanted to do in terms of the drawing. I used to run around a lot of things. I would shy away from certain things that I realized would be horrible for me to draw, and just wouldn't be fun.” ThinkingWould BeRunningWantedUsedCertainFunTermDrawsDrawingI RealizedHorribleShy Author:Daniel Clowes
“I am the only candidate capable of delivering these three things as prime minister, and tonight it is clear that I am also the only one capable of drawing support from the whole of the Conservative party.” WholeThreePartySupportClearCapableConservativeDrawingMinistersCandidatesTonightPrimePrime MinisterThree ThingsDeliveringConservative Party Author:Theresa May
“I think I was born an artist. But the key is that I have a mom that encouraged and supported my artistic side. She still has the stick-figure drawings framed.” ThinkingStillsArtistSidesBornFiguresKeysMomSticksDrawingArtisticFramed Author:Julia Stiles
“Going back to the elementary school days, I was always drawing. I entered a Victory poster competition and won the top award that recognized my artistic instincts.” SchoolVictoryCompetitionInstinctDrawingArtisticAwardsPostersElementary SchoolSchool Days Author:Paul Smith
“I think there were some programs but in those days art programs were kind of basic. You would do drawing and simple collage type work. But at home I was beginning to get interested in doing my own thing as well. I'm not sure what inspired this, but I became very interested in decorating things.” ThinkingWellsKindArtHomeMy OwnSimpleTypeProgramInspiredDrawingNot SureDecoratingCollages Author:Paul Smith
“I remember reading [ Studs Terkel's] "Working" when it first came out and just finding that very powerful. I was going into community organizing. What stuck was to reveal the sacredness of ordinary people's lives. That everybody has a story. And I think Studs is terrific at drawing out that shimmering quality of people's everyday struggles.” PeopleThinkingFirstsStoriesRememberReadingCommunityPowerfulQualityStruggleFindingsOrdinaryEverydayDrawingStuckOrdinary PeopleTerrificVery PowerfulSacrednessStudsCommunity Organizing Author:Barack Obama
“Stop the bullsh*t. Stop drawing lines in the sand like previous generations [have done].” DoneLinesGenerationsDrawingSandPrevious GenerationsLines In The SandDrawing The Line Author:Michael Skolnik
“I've been through a lot of ups and downs. I've been on both sides of it all, I guess. So there's not one specific event or thought that I'm dealing with or drawing from necessarily.” SidesEventsDrawingBoth SidesUps & Downs Author:Aaron Bruno
“Everyone [of my kids] can ride a bike now, so the park has had a big resurgence in our life. We also play a lot of dumb drawing games.” PlayBigsKidsGamesOur LivesDrawingDumbParksBikeResurgence Author:Julie Bowen
“[Drawing] and making things was all we ever did. My brother and I built the entire New York World's Fair of 1939 in miniature out of wax. The floor of our room was covered with little waxen buildings. Nobody else could come in.” WorldLittlesRoomsNew YorkBuildingBrotherBuiltFairsDrawingMy BrotherCoveredMiniatures Author:Maurice Sendak
“You know, most of my career I wrote about moments in time. All of us have felt one thing or another and it didn't last very long. Now I'm drawing from real experience. It's a huge difference.” KnowsLongRealMomentsLastsFeltDifferencesCareersOne ThingHugeDrawingMoments In Time Author:Brian McKnight
“The more attention we can devote to helping developing leaders tune in to their core values - drawing on their real experience and their true aspirations in life - the more likely it is they'll make smart choices about how and where to invest their talents.” RealHelpingValuesChoicesAttentionLeaderTalentSmartDrawingCoreDevelopingAspirationTunesCore ValuesSmart Choices Author:Stewart D. Friedman
“It was by coincidence that I ended up opening my first shop in 1968, and I haven't stopped since. I now find myself trying to do everything. I couldn't live without creating my collections, without writing, drawing and reading. But I couldn't either live without being close to my children on a daily basis and also to my grandchildren, and to all the people I love. I guess I am like every woman today, one who juggles her work and family life.” PeopleWritingTryingFirstsChildrenTodayReadingHavensCreatingBasesDrawingOpeningMy ChildrenCollectionsShopsCoincidenceGrandchildrenFamily LifeMy Grandchildren Author:Sonia Rykiel
“In the same way, I can wake up with a very positive idea of what I want to do for my collection, and be completely desperate at night regarding the same thing. And I do a lot of other things too: Writing for me is almost as important as drawing my collection.” WayWantWritingI CanImportantIdeasNightWake UpDrawingDesperateCollectionsVery Positive Author:Sonia Rykiel
“I can be happy with something I did, like a drawing or a dress I designed, and yet be very disappointed with the same drawing, or the same dress the day after.” I CanDressesDrawingDisappointed Author:Sonia Rykiel
“I think it's important to understand that a cartoonist is not drawing for favourable reviews from politicians. What we're trying to do is capture the popular feeling of the time about a politician or a particular political issue. For that reason I think it sums up public attitudes that is very helpful to historians down the road.” ThinkingTryingImportantReasonFeelingsPoliticalAttitudeIssuesParticularPoliticianDrawingHelpfulReviewsCaptureHistorianDown The RoadCartoonistPolitical Issues Author:Terry Mosher
“That's the type of thing you need to keep in mind when drawing comics. The storytelling. Consider the action and the space available to you, that's what will make it a great comics page. Once you've figured that out, you can always find/make the reference to support your storytelling decisions. So by all means, study film, but as with any reference, the results are better when they inform the craft and not dictate it.” NeedsMindMeanActionFilmSpaceDecisionResultsSupportStudyTypePagesAvailableDrawingStorytellingCraftsComic Book Author:Declan Shalvey
“The Secret of Drawing consists of just two things: 1) Making lines on paper; and 2) Choosing where they go.” TwoLinesSecretPaperDrawingTwo Things Author:James A. Owen
“I never thought Greek philosophy could make a damn bit of sense to me. And most of it didn't, but those words just seemed right. 'Love is composed of a single soul, inhabiting two bodies.'" He took her by the shoulders drawing her close. "It rang true for me, in a way nothing else did. Whatever soul I had, Katie, I think I placed it in your keeping twenty years ago. And now, it's as if...every time we kiss, you give a little piece of it back.” IfsThinkingWayGivingYearsLittlesTwoSoulPhilosophyBodyBitsLove IsPiecesLove YouKissingYears AgoTwentiesDrawingShouldersGreekDamnI Love YouKatieGreek Philosophy Author:Tessa Dare
“True compassion comes from free will by drawing empathy from within.” CompassionEmpathyDrawingFree Will Author:Shane Barbi
“Erich Mendelsohn's drawings are expressive and beautiful. If he'd had the computers we have now, everything I've done he would have done before me. I would have had to figure out something else.” IfsDoneBeautifulFiguresComputerDrawingExpressive Author:Frank Gehry