When You Don't Have Time To Do

Ever Since 1980, Sci-fi Has Generally Been More Bladerunner Than Star Wars. People Talk About Star Wars Being The Most Influential Movie Of All Time And Creating The Blockbuster Along With Jaws And That Sort Of Thing, But Really There's Not Been A Space Opera That Anyone Can Go And See.

I'm So Used To Artists Saying To Me, "listen, I'm Going To Have Five Pages Done Next Week," And Then Three Weeks Later I'm Phoning Them, Begging Them For Two Pages. And Stuart [immonen]is A Guy Who Will Promise You Five Pages And Deliver Six Pages, And The Six Pages Are Even Better Than You Could Have Ever Imagined.

When You Expect The Best From People, You Will Often See More In Them Than They See In Themselves.

The Breadth Of The Potential Readership Is Also A Factor.

Cookbooks Are Almost A Substitution For A Lost Sense Of Culture. People Want Some Other Life Than The One They're Living, So They Buy A Cookbook With Pictures And Imagine Themselves As Part Of That Life.