“The format of the book was the idea of my wonderful editor, Stephen Segal. Stephen and I had worked together before, on projects for the Interstitial Arts Foundation, and when he got the idea for an accordion-style book, he called and asked if I could write the story for it. I told him that I would love to try! And I knew it had to be a love story, because that's the sort of story you really want to hear from both perspectives. I mean, imagine if Pride and Prejudice were told from Darcy's perspective as well as Elizabeth's. It would be quite a different story!” IfsWantWritingTryingWellsMeanArtBookIdeasDifferentStoriesWould BeTogetherImagineWonderfulStylePerspectivePrideProjectsPrejudiceFoundationLove StoryIf I CouldEditorsFormatDarcyAccordions Author:Theodora Goss
“Everybody has a down day, no one's perfect; no one's having the most idyllic life. I mean, I guess everybody wants to project positivity to the outside world, but if we're honest, no one's going to have 24/7 bliss.” IfsWorldWantMeanPerfectHonestProjectsPositivityBlissOutside WorldIdyllicNo One's Perfect Author:Luke Evans
“The Navajo Generating Station in Page, for example, employs hundreds of people, mostly Native Americans, and provides nearly all of the power for the Central Arizona Project. That means our entire state has a big stake in the energy production and economic stability of these plants.” PeopleMeanStatesBigsEnergyEconomicExampleProjectsPagesPlantProductionsNativeStationsStabilityStakesNative AmericanArizonaEnergy ProductionEconomic Stability Author:Ann Kirkpatrick
“I choose projects that resonate with me on some personal level and projects that I'm afraid to do. If I'm afraid to do them, then I usually say yes, because it means that I'm not ready to go there and deal with certain aspects of the script.” IfsMeanCertainLevelsDealsReadyProjectsAspectScriptsNot Ready Author:Octavia Spencer
“I actually didn't read the book [Fast Food Nation]. I wasn't aware of it. But when I read the script, I thought "Wow." It became a project that was just so exciting to be a part of. Maybe a few times in a career [you] get a chance for a role that really means something, and this was it.” MeanBookNationsChanceCareersRolesProjectsExcitingScriptsWowReally MeanFast FoodFast Food Nation Author:Wilmer Valderrama
“Suri is my daughter, she's very, very special to me, and this project took a lot of time and because it's my first feature I wanted her to know that she's so special to me. I thought that as she gets old that will mean more to her, that she's always the most important, and I wanted to give her a special thanks because she means everything to me.” KnowsGivingFirstsMeanImportantWantedSpecialProjectsDaughterThanksFeaturesMy DaughterSpecial To Me Author:Katie Holmes
“I have always considered the aesthetic of a project, including press photos, as a means to further the message of the art itself.” MeanArtProjectsMessagesPressesIncludingAesthetic Author:Vivek Shraya
“As long as somebody is guaranteed a certain number of sales you know you're gonna keep seeing these vanity projects. I mean they have a place, they serve a function they can bring people into comics.” PeopleKnowsMeanLongCertainNumbersSeeingProjectsFunctionVanity Author:Gerard Way
“I think that distance is good for some people for certain projects. I mean this is sort of a dynamic question. Some projects require more distance than others, some don't require it at all. Sometimes you need it and sometimes you don't.” PeopleThinkingNeedsMeanSometimesCertainProjectsDistance Author:Junot Diaz
“Usually, being a volunteer organizer essentially means that I am part of a core base of individuals, that when we start a project - whether it be a big thing like the inauguration or whether it be something that's a longer-term, let's say, educational campaign about a foreign policy issue or a domestic issue - we sit together and we divvy up, and oftentimes it's relevant to different things we do.” MeanDifferentBigsTogetherIndividualTermIssuesPolicyProjectsEducationalCampaignsCoreDifferent ThingsRelevantForeign PolicyVolunteerBig ThingsOrganizerInauguration Author:Eugene Puryear
“The first set of questions to ask yourself when you're doing cost cutting is relatively straightforward, which is, you know, can you use the necessity of cost cutting as an opportunity to do pruning or trimming for projects that aren't being as successful? But, you know, frequently those are the easy ones. I mean, there's always some kind of social costs internal to the company, but that's the easy way of looking at the future.” KnowsWayFirstsKindMeanUseAsksOpportunitySocialEasyCompanySuccessfulCuttingCostProjectsInternalsStraightforwardEasy WayPruningTrimming Author:Reid Hoffman
“I belong to a generation that had so many choices available. In 1970, when [former premier Robert] Bourassa launched the James Bay development project, nobody in Quebec asked whether we had the means to do it. Today could we launch another James Bay? Imagine the debates we'd have? We were a young, rich society with almost no debt. The generation that comes after us, and which will lead Quebec, must also have choices. And for that, they'll need financial manoeuvring room.” NeedsMeanTodayYoungChoicesRoomsRichImagineGenerationsDevelopmentProjectsFinancialAvailableDebtDebateFormerQuebec Author:Philippe Couillard
“I mean, the Constitution of this country was written 200 years ago. The house I was living in in Madrid is 350 years old! America is still a project, and you guys are working on it and bringing new things to it every day. That is beautiful to watch.” YearsMeanStillsCountryAmericaBeautifulGuyHouseWatchesWrittenProjectsYears AgoConstitutionNew ThingsMadrid Author:Antonio Banderas