“[Comics is] one of the last havens for honesty when it comes to a reader's genuine response to art. Most of us, if we don't find any sympathy or pleasure, for example, in a modern painting, are likely to blame our own ignorance of the history and theory of painting. But nobody pretends to like a bad comic strip. Such harshness is necessary for any real truth to surface, I think, and for art to really contribute anything to life. Though I don't know. I could be wrong.” IfsThinkingKnowsArtRealLastsPleasureModernHavensHonestyExampleIgnorancePaintingTheoryReaderBlameResponseSurfaceGenuineComicComic StripsHarshnessReal Truth Author:Chris Ware
“I haven't got anything against films that are about the minutia of relationships or customs, but I love extremes. I love taking a bunch of characters and it usually is a bunch of characters, and you throw something at them that's usually extreme, like a bag of money, or you send them out to explode a nuclear device on the surface of the sun. And those extremes are wonderful for drama.” CharacterFilmSunWonderfulHavensDramaExtremesSurfaceNuclearBunchBagsDevicesCustoms Author:Danny Boyle
“With a role like Hedda Gabler, which is incredibly complicated, you often feel that you haven't even scratched the surface the first time around, so you relish the opportunity to do it again, particularly with an ensemble of actors and the company we assembled. But when you do that in films you somehow have to make some attempt to uncross people's arms and you have to justify why you're doing it.” PeopleFeelsFirstsFilmActorsOpportunityCompanyRolesHavensArmsFirst TimeComplicatedSurfaceJustifyRelishEnsemble Author:Cate Blanchett
“Ethnic music the world 'round is quite fascinating," "There are an enormous number of similarities there, and it's the similarities that are so appealing. ... I haven't even scratched the surface of that kind of thing.” WorldKindNumbersHavensRoundsSurfaceEnormousFascinatingSimilarity Author:John Renbourn
“There's such a huge world out there; I haven't even begun to scratch the surface.” WorldHavensHugeSurfaceScratches Author:Michelle Ryan