I could have coached better.
The iPhone calendar isn't bad, but it isn't great, either. It only offers a day view and a month view - it doesn't have a week view, which drives me crazy.
I love convincing a reader that an unusual or seemingly ordinary subject is worth his or her time - it's part of the fun for me as a writer.
Orchid hunting is a mortal occupation.
Most writing doesn’t take place on the page; it takes place in your head.
I think the real reason is that life has no meaning. I mean, no obvious meaning. You wake up, you go to work, you do stuff. I think everybody's always looking for something a little unusual that can preoccupy them and help pass the time.
Being a good designer certainly doesn't guarantee that you're good at business. It's probably more surprising when the two talents coexist in one person.
The industry in Japan moving toward CGI is not as severe and extreme as in the U. S. The animation industry in the U. S. is firing 2D animators and closing those studios, but I think it's possibly because the national traits of the U. S. prefer super-realism. Since Japan is a country that prefers plane vision, I don't think we will leave 2D and substitute hand-drawing with CGI entirely.
The steam-engine I call fire-demon and great; but it is nothing to the invention of fire.
Emotional self-control-- delaying gratification and stifling impulsiveness- underlies accomplishment of every sort
I try to shut my brain down as much as possible. And let the melodies flow, if possible.