“Before music there was silence and the duet format allows you to build from the silence in a very special way.” WaySilenceSpecialFormatDuets Author:Charlie Haden
“What the podcast novelists do isnt all that different from what self-publishers do. We put the books out in different formats, but the goal is the same: build an audience and attract a publisher.” BookDifferentSelfGoalAudienceNovelistsPublishersFormat Author:Jeremy Robinson
“We treat the lyrics like the woman any man wants to impress the most. We give the lyrics all the attention we can. I'm not sure other formats are remembering that the lyrics are what it's all about.” MenWantGivingArtRememberAttentionTreatsNot SureImpressFormat Author:Garth Brooks
“Many businessmen fail to understand Python principles--the ultimate absurdity was an offer from America to buy the 'format' of the Python shows, that is, Monty Python without the Pythons--corporate methods do not have the conceptual framework to deal with an anarchist collective, run by intelligent and arrogant comedians who have proved that their method works.” MenShowsGovernmentRunningAmericaSinDealsPrinciplesFailingFailurePrideFriendsOffersUltimateIntelligentMethodChaosIntelligenceCorporateComedianCollectivesAnarchyArrogantAbsurdityBusinessmanFrameworkAnarchistFormatPythonMontyConceptual Framework Author:Robert Hewison
“I think I have probably adjusted the way I see the world, I interpret the world and I communicate the world into book format simply because of this familiarity. Possibly in another society and another context I might have been a storyteller or who knows what.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWayHas BeensBookMightCommunicateStorytellerMight Have BeenFamiliarityFormat Author:Jackie French
“Part of the beauty of a long-format story is that the characters become as much yours as they are mine, and you dream of them in a different way than I do.” WayLongDifferentCharacterStoriesDreamMinesDifferent WaysFormat Author:Joshua Jackson
“I wanted to play around with the format, really tear it to pieces and shake it up. For example, if Mitch saves someone from drowning, and that person then goes out and releases a virus that kills a million people. Imagine the moral implications of that.” PeopleIfsPersonsPlayWantedMoralMillionsPiecesImagineExampleTearsReleaseShakesDrowningImplicationsVirusesFormatShake It Up Author:David Hasselhoff
“Our approach is very simple we have nothing to negotiate ... We have the Minsk format and we need immediately just a ceasefire and the withdrawal of heavy artillery and weapons and tanks from the touchline, the solution is very simple - stop supplying weapons ... withdraw the troops and close the border. Very simple peace plan. If you want to discuss something different, it means you are not for peace, you are for war.” IfsWantNeedsMeanDifferentWarPeaceSimplePlansApproachWeaponsSolutionsHeavyBordersTroopsTanksFormatWithdrawalArtilleryCeasefire Author:Petro Poroshenko
“The music world has taken a huge dump, so maybe there's a connection. So if Apple decided to do this, maybe they do their own version ... whatever they want to do it's a home run for music. Unless they screw it up, and try to put something on it so that they can own it - I'm calling it out, proprietary formats are not a good thing.” IfsWorldWantTryingHomeRunningMusicTakenHugeCallingConnectionsDecidedGood ThingsVersionsApplesScrewsFormatDumpHome Run Author:Neil Young
“Above all, the translation of books into digital formats means the destruction of boundaries. Bound, printed texts are discrete objects: immutable, individual, lendable, cut off from the world.” WorldMeanBookIndividualCuttingObjectsDestructionBoundsBoundariesDigitalTranslationsPrintedFormatDiscrete Author:Tom Chatfield
“You have to create different things, either through lighting or changing the format of the songs and how you're going to sing them, and even sometimes props.” DifferentSometimesSongDifferent ThingsLightingFormatProps Author:Mary J. Blige
“It's a challenge to work a character's arc into a format in which you only have a very limited amount of time to grow and develop a character.” CharacterGrowsChallengesAmountFormatArcs Author:Ginnifer Goodwin
“What I saw quite clearly in the '80s, before the internet, was that the whole world was shifting toward digital formats, and that didn't matter whether it's movies or writing or whatever. It was something that was coming. And with the invention of the World Wide Web in the early '90s, when we were teaching our first courses, or the arrival of the internet by way of the browser, which opened up the internet to everybody - soon it was just revolutionary.” WorldWayWritingFirstsMatterWholeCoursesSawsTeachingInternetWideInventionWhole WorldRevolutionaryDigital80sShiftingArrivalsFormatWorld Wide WebBrowsers Author:Robert Coover
“Any comic can get on the radio show and be funny. You can get that on any morning radio show or afternoon radio show. There are plenty of people who do that. It's not a difficult format, to sit around with two or three comics and be funny.” PeopleTwoShowsThreeDifficultMorningRadioPlentyComicAfternoonFormat Author:Marc Maron
“I'm not fundamentally a writer. I know writers, and I have a tremendous amount of respect for them. It bothers me that no matter how well I do it, it's not really my format.” KnowsWellsMatterAmountBotherFormat Author:Marc Maron
“I think acting is really fully adapting - to your surroundings, to your emotions, to the people that you're working with, to being tired, to want to go home, to being lonely, to being happy. It's adapting for me, and trusting. Adapting and trusting, that's my format right there.” PeopleThinkingMeanHomeActingEmotionLonelyTiredSurroundingsFormatAdaptingBeing Lonely Author:Charlize Theron
“I was shooting lots of large format portraits then but I've since changed to digital, where you have so much more control. There are millions of things you can do with digital; you can be more spontaneous, and you're more in control of your color palette.” Can DoMillionsChangedColorShootingDigitalPortraitsSpontaneousFormatPalette Author:Gregory Heisler
“Formats are just illusions, and it's about the relationship between the person that makes music and the person that listens to music. Every time there's a new format, the iron is hot, and you can mold it.” PersonsIllusionHotIronListening To MusicMoldFormat Author:Bjork
“I still do mostly listen to CDs. I think that every format really is a different way of listening. If you take a different sort of psychological stance to it - like, I think the transition from vinyl to CD definitely marked a difference in the way people treated music. The vinyl commands a certain kind of reverence because it's a big object and quite fragile so you handle it rather carefully, and it's expensive so you pay attention to how it's looked after.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayKindStillsDifferentBigsCertainDifferencesPayAttentionObjectsListeningHandleTreatedCommandPsychologicalPay AttentionDifferent WaysExpensiveTransitionFragileReverenceCdsFormatStanceVinyl Author:Brian Eno
“Sometimes I write songs that just come out in a pop format because I grew up on melody and these amazing artists during the 80s. It's my tradition and it's something that I can't really control.” WritingI CanSometimesArtistSongGrewGrew UpTraditionPopsMelody80sFormat Author:Robyn
“I don't like to tell people what format they can get things in, or say, "I'm only going to release this on vinyl and nothing else. You have to come to my world." I don't like to say that to people either. But, I do think there's a loss of romance.” PeopleThinkingWorldRomanceLossReleaseFormatVinyl Author:Jimmy Page
“I didn't want to be told what to do. I don't want to water down my music to fit into their formats. I know what rock and roll is to me, but everything's turning into one big commercial.” KnowsWantBigsWaterRocksFitRock And RollFormat Author:Chris Robinson
“I personally developed the Academy training program. All our training is based on solid educational principles. We present the material in four training formats: lecture, demonstration, drill, and implementation.” PrinciplesFourMaterialsTrainingProgramEducationalLecturesAcademyDemonstrationFormatDrillsImplementationTraining Programs Author:Jim Evans
“It's kind of a strange world when you can trust a game format or platform more than the network news.” WorldKindGamesStrangeNewsPlatformsFormatStrange World Author:Michael Ironside
“I actually like doing commercials. I don't like doing them to the exclusion of everything else, but I like doing them. The 30-second format is very hard. I sometimes call it American Haiku. And I think some of the commercials I've done are not so bad.” ThinkingSometimesHardDoneHaikuFormatExclusion Author:Errol Morris
“It takes great skill to tell a compelling story in under 60 seconds. These five directors have mastered the format, using their talent, craft and imagination to provide us with some of the most innovative filmmaking out there today.” StoriesTodayActorsImaginationFiveTalentDirectorsSkillsCraftsMovieSecondsFilmmakingCompellingInnovativeFormat Author:Michael Apted
“An important factor to note is that it's rare for anyone to sell a first novel written before they turned 30-35; long-format fiction tends to require a bunch of experience of human life that takes time to acquire. So your average mid-career novelist is in their forties to fifties!” FirstsHumansLongImportantFictionCareersNovelWrittenSellsNotesAverageBunchFactorsHuman LifeNovelistsAcquireFortyTake TimeFormat Author:Charles Stross
“For me, while writing I am an engineer, so if I decide to change the format, I want to add a section, to move a section, reorganize the section, anything I want to do, I just boot words, and I do what I want to do. So, I feel completely empowered when I'm a writer.” IfsWantFeelsWritingMovingAddBootsEngineersSectionsEmpoweredFormat Author:Guy Kawasaki
“I personally like the idea of newspapers. It's a good format. You can read it in whatever order you want. You can glance at it. There is something about a single screen and scrolling through pages that just doesn't have the same appeal.” WantIdeasOrderPagesScreensNewspapersAppealsGlancesFormatScrolling Author:Matt Groening
“I'm looking forward to Phoenix. I ran well there last year in the Nationwide Series, and it was one of the tracks I made four Sprint Cup starts at last season. In the Cup race last year, I had a good run going for it being my first time there in a Cup car, and unfortunately got damage from an accident. It's not a restrictor plate race, so this will be the first time this season that I will run a lot of laps in practice. It's also the first race for the new qualifying format, so it will be interesting to see how that works out. Overall, I just want to have a solid run in the BRANDT Chevy.” WantYearsFirstsWellsMadeRunningLastsInterestingRacePracticeFourCarFirst TimeSeasonsSeriesTrackWork OutAccidentsCupsRanDamageLast YearPlatesLooking ForwardLapFormatPhoenixSprintGoing For ItChevyQualifying Author:Justin Allgaier
“Like a painter, a filmmaker should change their format, their support, despite their career they shouldn't be stuck in a system that is stuck in the past.” ShouldPastCareersSupportStuckDespitePainterFilmmakerFormatStuck In The Past Author:Marion Vernoux
“We are living at a time where there are so many films available to watch through so many formats all the time. It's hard for any film to stand out in that din.” HardFilmWatchesAvailableStanding OutFormat Author:Megan Griffiths
“Cabaret is a great format. All you have to do is sing and be funny sporadically.” FormatCabaret Author:Julie Klausner
“Everyone loves a slice of period-drama-pie, but I think the success of Upstairs Downstairs is really down to the wonderful format that Jean Marsh and Eileen Atkins created.” ThinkingWonderfulPeriodsDramaPieOne LoveFormatUpstairsMarshes Author:Ellie Kendrick
“I don't think every movie should be made in 3-D, and it should depend on whether it's one of these films that's more immersive or needs to be taken to another world. I'm interested in other formats.” ThinkingWorldNeedsShouldMadeFilmTakenDependsAnother WorldFormat Author:Joseph Kosinski
“Technology has taken its toll on albums in a tough way. The CD format and MTV really played havoc on artists.” WayArtistTechnologyTakenToughAlbumsCdsFormatTollsMtvHavoc Author:Mark Mothersbaugh
“A lot of people think that public speaking means that you are standing at a podium giving a speech, but public speaking comes in lots of different formats.” PeopleThinkingGivingMeanDifferentSpeechStandingPublic SpeakingFormat Author:Dana Perino
“Graffiti is a lot easier than the canvas actually, because it's such a large format, so when you're going to such a thin detail, it's not that thin in the realm of things because it's such a big wall. This would take a small paint brush of detail, but on a huge wall, if that's the size of a building, the thinnest detail is still that big, it's a quick spray. Spray paint is easiest for me. I love spray paint.” IfsStillsBigsBuildingHugeWallEasierPaintSizeDetailsRealmsCanvasBrushesFormatSprayGraffitiSpray PaintPaint Brushes Author:Alec Monopoly
“Contrastingly to the new model of distribution, we shot Hand of God using the traditional format of film. I myself use very few apps and tend not to engage in social media. I do use Instagram under my production company's name, but that's it.” UseHandsFilmNamesSocialCompanyMediaModelsShotsProductionsSocial MediaTraditionalDistributionInstagramFormatAppsHands Of God Author:Marc Forster
“I hope that books don't go the way of albums and CD, large format albums, and physical product.” WayBookProductsAlbumsCdsFormat Author:Dwight Yoakam
“Certainly the format of ghostbusting lends itself to a videogame beautifully.” FormatVideogame Author:Dan Aykroyd
“Obviously, it's not cable, it's streaming, but it's the same format. It's the same 10 episodes. It feels like cable as opposed to network.” FeelsEpisodesCablesFormatStreaming Author:Christian Cooke
“You cannot do everything you want with the 3D camera, it's too big, and the digital quality of those cameras is a little bit limiting. With film, you have a lot more subtly, like with highlights and color. In terms of sharpness they (both formats) are very close; but in terms of nuance, of color and contrast, film is far superior.” WantLittlesBigsFilmBitsTermQualityColorLittle BitCamerasSuperiorsDigitalContrastFormatNuanceHighlightsSharpness Author:Michel Gondry
“However, I think that sometimes when shows do, you know, have a good season or a bad season, it comes down to something as simple as the crop of contestants that year, and do they break through in a way that makes the audience excited. Those are the kinds of things that tend to make a difference, more so than tweaks to the format and that sort of stuff, as much as we, obviously, would all like to try to assume that it's in our power.” ThinkingKnowsWayTryingYearsKindSometimesShowsStuffDifferencesSimpleBreakAudienceSeasonsAssumingExcitedMaking A DifferenceDo You KnowCropsFormatBreak ThroughTweakContestants Author:Dan Cutforth
“Larry and I, and a bunch of our colleagues, were sitting on great stories that needed to get out to an audience in one way, shape or form. We've both produced comics in the past, and audio dramas seemed like a similarly interesting option, the other side of the coin. As we've continued with the project, the format has become a vital way for us to tell our stories.” WayStoriesPastFormSidesInterestingAudienceNeededDramaShapesProjectsSittingBunchOne WayColleaguesCoinsFormatLarryAudio Author:Glenn McQuaid
“The more we do this, the more the audio-drama format is opening up to us in new ways. So I think there's an experimental element, or at least an confidence in experimenting, that's running though our work now - and it wasn't there in the first season.” ThinkingWayFirstsRunningDramaElementsSeasonsOpeningNew WaysFormatOpening UpAudio Author:Glenn McQuaid
“The format's limitations are its strengths. We can't show you the monster, but why would we want to? Your imagination is a darker and scarier place than anything that can get generated on a computer. Asking the audience to use their imaginations makes it a much more personal and interactive experience.” WantUseShowsImaginationAudienceComputerAskingMonstersLimitationFormatInteractive Author:Glenn McQuaid
“My major contribution to the format was to suggest that I be able to step out of the plot and speak directly to the audience, and then be able to go right back into the action. That was an original idea of mine; I know it was because I originally stole it from Thornton Wilder's play Our Town.” KnowsIdeasPlayAbleActionSpeakStepsAudienceMinesMajorsTownsOriginalsContributionPlotFormatOriginal IdeasWilderOur Town Book:Gracie/Caeser Spec Ed Source: Gracie/Caeser Spec Ed
“Mockumentary formats are great for a couple of things. One of them is delivering the toughest part of any sitcom episode, what writers call "pipe" - the nuts and bolts of the story where you explain what's happening, the boring plot stuff.” StoriesStuffCoupleHappeningsBoringPlotNutsEpisodesPipeSitcomFormatBoltsDeliveringNuts And Bolts Author:Michael Schur
“I've seen comedians make people laugh by being either really dark and sad and touching, or really strange and bizarre and creepy. You can take the format and do whatever you want with it, and that seemed interesting to me.” PeopleWantDarkInterestingLaughingStrangeComedianTouchingBizarreCreepyMaking People LaughFormatDo Whatever You Want Author:Amy Seimetz