In my own work, I tend to cover a lot of time and to jump back and forward in time, and sometimes the way I do this is not very straightforward.
Alice Munro
It's tempting to just write a comic called 'Everyone Mail Randall Munroe Twenty Bucks' - maybe it would work, and I could just close down... →
Randall Munroe
I used to work at NASA in Virginia. It was nothing glamorous; I was just tasked with making code compile for obscure projects, and I wasn't very... →
Whenever I write a novel, I have a strong sense that I am doing something I was unable to do before. With each new work, I move up a step and... →
Haruki Murakami
As a novelist, you could say that I am dreaming while I am awake, and every day I can continue with yesterday's dream. Because it is a dream... →
Many people, especially young people, would like to be more independent and on their own. But it is very difficult and they suffer from feelings of... →
My parents came from the Kyushu Island in the Southern part of Japan to find work in Tokyo. So we could only afford to live downtown, in a low-income... →
Takashi Murakami
My job as an editor is to gently prod the attention of the audience to look at various parts of the frame. And that - I do that by manipulating how... →
Walter Murch
Every film is hard work, and a few lucky people do get Oscars for what they do, and it's recognition for all that hard work on a certain level.... →
I believe that one of the secret engines that allows cinema to work, and have the marvelous power over us that it does, is the fact that for... →