Jim Woodring's Quotes
Born: 1952-10-11
Profession: Artist
Nation: American
Biography of Jim Woodring
People aren't interested in seeing themselves as they really are.
Tags: Interested, Seeing, ThemselvesAlternative cartoonists have to rely on comic book stores to get their stuff in the hands of readers.
Tags: Book, Hands, StuffLike a lot of freelance cartoonists, when any opportunity like that comes along, I have a hard time saying no, whether it makes sense or not.
Tags: Hard, Saying, TimeEvery time I write something down I check it to see if it has that telltale glow, the glow that tells me there's something there. If it glows, it stays. Everything is either on or off.
Tags: Off, Time, WriteI've heard that Alfred Hitchcock said that by the time he was ready to shoot a film, he didn't even want to do it any more because he'd already had all of the fun of working it out. It's the same thing with these Frank comics.
Tags: Fun, Time, WorkingIt's funny, in some of the interviews I've seen that were done for the film, some people say things like, 'Oh, I was never a very big Jim Woodring fan. I've never thought his work was that great.'
Tags: Funny, Great, WorkReal shapes and real patterns are things you would observe in nature, like the marks on the back of a cobra's hood or the markings on a fish or a lizard. Imaginary shapes are just that, symbols that come to a person in dreams or reveries and are charged with meaning.
Tags: Dreams, Nature, RealThat Moorish architecture is all over the place, of course. It affects me everywhere I see it, as it does so many people. But Brand Library was a special place to me, and I know I've paid homage to it many times in my drawings.
Tags: Place, Special, Times