“Until film is just as easily accessible as a pen or pencil, then it's not completely an art form. In painting you can just pick up a piece of chalk, a stick or whatever. In sculpture you can get a rock. Writing you just need a pencil and paper.” NeedsWritingArtFilmFormPiecesRocksPaintingPaperPicksSticksPensPencilsSculptureChalk Author:Forest Whitaker
“I always tell people that if you gave me a pen and a piece of paper when I was a teenager and said, "Write out how you'd like your career to go," I would have probably short changed myself compared to what it's been for real. I'm just extremely excited about what I've accomplished.” PeopleIfsWritingSaidRealCareersPiecesChangedLike YouPaperExcitedTeenagerAccomplishedPens Author:Ice Cube
“Fortunately, I'm able to make a living from comics, so I'm privileged enough to be quite choosy, though most cartoonists can't afford to be. It's really an uncomfortable situation, since I'm not an illustrator, though I do get calls from morally indefensible businesses offering me money to decorate their ambitions. It's extremely rare, almost unheard of, in fact, that I am asked to do a comic strip. Do writers get calls to pen Toyota advertisements? Do composers get asked to write chamber pieces about exercise machines?” WritingEnoughFactsAbleSituationPiecesExerciseAmbitionMachinesComicUncomfortablePensComposerOfferingPrivilegedChamberAdvertisementsCartoonistUnheardComic StripsIllustratorsToyotaUncomfortable SituationsChoosy Author:Chris Ware
“People are like, Hey, Jeff, lemme tell you... I'm like, Hold on, let me get a pen and a piece of paper.” PeoplePiecesPaperLet MeHeyPens Author:Jeff Foxworthy