Her home is the burrow of a bibliophile hobbit -- low-ceilinged, close-walled, and brimming over with books.
The point about working is not to produce great stuff all the time, but to remain ready for when you can.
Stop thinking about art works as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences.
When I was working with Talking Heads what would happen typically is that they would go out and start playing a track, and I would always run the tape. I always record everything, even a run through where you're trying to get in tune. That's a principle because sometimes when the situation isn't clear interesting things happen, and they are worth listening to again.
The trouble with New Age music is that there's no evil in it.
I'd rather hold one note for an hour and modulate it so that it means something than play 3,000 notes in 15 seconds.
The dominant theory coming out of Hollywood is that peoples' attention spans are getting shorter and shorter and they need more stimulation.
I have realized that I hate going to the premieres of the movies that I'm in. Because I feel this tension after the movie is over that everyone feels obligated to say something nice to you. It's so unnatural and uncomfortable.
I would never have written it without you. (Erin) And I would never have lived without you. (V'Aiden)
I think people respond to villains because people in general are more villainous than heroic.
All "bad" presentations struggle to keep the audience interested. The audience squirms wishing they could escape. The audience has given the presenter an hour of their life, so they want that hour to be useful. It's disrespectful of a presenter to not show up rehearsed and prepared with information and insights that will improve the lives of the audience in some way. Presenting will do only one of two things for you: it will either diminish your credibility or yield results. Most bad presentations hurt the presenter's credibility.