“I never would have guessed that I would get a job for the way I sound. I would get notes about how I should lose my accent, and part of me thinks, 'How dare you! This is who I am! Millions of people want to sound like me!' But it's sensitive, and I have tried to change it, with little to no success.” PeopleThinkingWayWantShouldLittlesJobsSoundLosesMillionsNotesDareWho I AmLike MeSensitiveAccents Author:Jack McBrayer
“I always start drawing any job by planning out to some degree the locales and trying to nail the characters. If they're existing characters, I'll draw them several times on rough paper just to get a feeling for them. The ideal when you're drawing a comic is to have everything in your head, not to have to refer to notes.” IfsTryingCharacterFeelingsJobsDegreesPaperDrawsIdealsNotesDrawingPlanningComicRoughNails Author:Dave Gibbons
“The writer is a person who is standing apart, like the cheese in 'The Farmer in the Dell' standing there alone but deciding to take a few notes. You’re outside, but you can see things up close through your binoculars. Your job is to present clearly your viewpoint, your line of vision. Your job is to see people as they really are, and to do this, you have to know who you are in the most compassionate possible sense. Then you can recognize others.” PeopleKnowsPersonsJobsLinesVisionStandingWho You AreNotesFarmersCompassionateCheeseViewpointsStanding ThereDellBinocularsStanding Apart Book:Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life Source: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
“Learn by heart the forms to be found in nature, so that you can use them like the notes in a musical composition. That is what these forms are for. Nature is a marvelous chaos, and it is our job and our duty to bring order into that chaos and - to perfect it.” HeartUseJobsFormOrderFoundPerfectDutyNotesChaosMusicalCompositionMarvellousMusical Composition Author:Max Beckmann