Scott McCloud Quotes

Learn from everyone. Follow no one. Watch for patterns. Work like hell.

Scott McCloud

Quotes to Explore

I live a half mile from the San Andreas fault - a fact that bubbles up into my consciousness every time some other part of the world experiences an earthquake. I sometimes wonder whether this subterranean sense of impending disaster is at least partly responsible for Silicon Valley's feverish, get-it-done-yesterday work norms.

Gary Hamel
- Up
- Time
- World
I go where the material is, and I feel like I'm looking for really strong directors. That's the key ingredient. There are some directors I would move the sun and earth for, or stop the rotation of the planets, just to work with them.

Olivia Thirlby
- Work
- Strong
- Earth
I often have said to people that there are really two cities in the country where the outlook is always forward-looking - there is never really a backward-looking tendency. My banking work has taken me out to Palo Alto, what is commonly called Silicon Valley. And you sense out there is always a forward-looking outlook. And New York City.

Harold Ford, Jr.
- People
- Work
- Country
Suits are looked at more now as a business thing which is kind of a shame. If you're not wearing it just for work, you should try and trick it up a bit.

Daniel Craig
- Up
- Work
- Business
One of the first things I picked up when I was very, very young out of a record store was work from Peter Saville - the early things he used to do for Factory Records.

Raf Simons
- Up
- Work
- Young
My father always said I have a face for radio, and 'Cloverfield' was one of my finest pieces of work.

T. J. Miller
- Work
- Father
- Face