Ted Naifeh quotes

A story really isn't truly a story until it reaches its climax and conclusion. (Ted Naifeh)

Theres something about girls and unicorns thats deep and meaningful. Something about childhood.

Ted Naifeh

I get tired of stories that keep going and going and never get anywhere. It's like a promise that's never fulfilled. Stories need endings. Otherwise, they aren't really stories. Just pages.

Ted Naifeh

I think one of the reasons Stephen King's stories work so well is that he places his stories in spooky old New England, where a lot of American folk legends came from.

Ted Naifeh

I think there's too much saturated color in comics, thanks to digital color techniques.

Ted Naifeh

Artists forget than the first purpose of a comic character is to convey emotion. Everything else, like realism, or other kinds of virtuosity, is an optional extra. If you sacrifice expression for the sake of other concerns, you're putting the cart before the horse.

Ted Naifeh

I love gothic monsters, but I like to root them more firmly in the traditional folklore from which they sprang. Or at least, I like to evoke the feeling of those folk stories.

Ted Naifeh

I think all artists need to try to improve, or their work gets stale.

Ted Naifeh

Character design, like story design, requires a hook to grab the reader's attention.

Ted Naifeh