Biz Quotes
...were I in charge of either of the Big Two, my "solution” to the ills of the industry would be to "reset” all the books to where they were at some arbitrarily chosen point in time. Usually I say 1976, for many reasons good and bad. Mostly because that's the last year when, while actually still working in the Biz, I really still felt like a fan. (2007)
John Byrne
At a very young age I found I could irritate people with this born ability to mimic just about anything I hear. I listened to sparrows outside my bedroom window and then could talk to them and other birds, and squirrels, horses, cows and an occasional human. Some folks refer to this as a special talent to me it was a fortunate aberration that has been a great tool in this biz. I try to be authentic in reproduction of animals. When it comes to the creatures it was usually an open page and I really enjoyed creating sound for them usually to picture on screen in a sound studio...what fun!!! Also, this is sometimes punishing to the vocal cords thus the three days.
Frank Welker
There was a common saying in the biz/tech world that "A's hire A's, and B's hire C's,” the point being that as long as you continued to recruit only the very best people, they would attract others, but as soon as you let your standards slip, the second-raters would begin to sign up third-raters to act as their minions and advance their agendas.
Neal Stephenson