I do get the sense sometimes that if I draw things too nice, maybe I won't be indie-rock enough anymore.
When I'm writing a book, I draw from my immediate experience, and my books are therefore almost a snapshot of where I am at that moment in my life.
Cartoonists' dirty secret is that we tend to come up with stories that involve things that are really fun to draw.
I am not political. It is not my job. But I would be happy if politicians could read my work and draw some conclusions from it.
I always thought I was going to be an artist. I used to draw, and I would read Russian novels until 3 or 4 in the morning.
Aha! What villains are these, that trespass upon my private lands! Come to scorn at my fall, perchance? Draw, you knaves, you dogs!
The corporatization of something as basic and intimate as eating is, for many of us today, a good place to draw the line.
That's what we love to do and I think our skating's at it's best when we do that: when we draw people in and hopefully make them feel something.
I used to draw comics a lot. I was obsessed with 'The Young Ones,' and was massively into video games, although I was no good at them.
I think some of my colleagues' spicier lines are distracting. They draw attention away from what the justice is trying to say.
No, scratch the word "career." Careers are for people who wish to advance. I only want to survive, draw a paycheck.
Besides, Weebles are too hard to draw - they just end up looking like eggs, not people.
Sin and virtue are a game of resistance we play with God in His efforts to draw us towards perfection.
I believe in civil liberties for homosexuals. I guess I'd have to say I'd draw the line at letting them teach in the schools.
Be it mine to draw from wisdom's fount, pure as it flows, that calm of soul which virtue only knows.
In one word, to draw the rule from experience, one must generalize; this is a necessity that imposes itself on the most circumspect observer.
Humans are the only animals that draw. . . . Practically every human being draws at some time in childhood.
The lines we draw that make us who we are are potent by virtue of being non-negotiable, and even, at some level, indefensible.
I saw Fear perform live at a young age, so I guess you could say I draw from that same energy.
There are men who would do anything, asleep, and I'm not sure what stops them when they wake. I do not know how they draw the line.
Put least trust in him who is foremost to praise you, nor judge of a road till it draw to the end.
Great innovators and original thinkers and artists attract the wrath of mediocrities as lightning rods draw the flashes.
...hymns have been a powerful instrument of God to draw people closer to His Word and the saving riches therein.
Don't sit and wait - For the world on a plate - (It's not a stroke of luck or chance) - Just draw a bead on that sucker, and drive!
When you draw a western correctly, you create such drama, such dilemma that you think you almost don't want to admit who you might have been.
I don't want to work on any games that don't have some kind of story component because that is the draw for me.
There is a quiet place in Hawaii where, for over thirty years, I've gone to draw inspiration and write many of my books.
Fiction demands structures and recognizable shapes. Big surprises only draw attention to the writer's hand.
Without the edge, [life's] boring...If you're doing something that's definitely achievable with 100% odds of success, where's the draw in that?
I draw inspiration from my travels, so I am always keeping my eye out for what is new in each corner of the country.
I draw attention to the problems that the Islamic ideology brings to our country, and I think that's a perfectly reasonable thing to do.
The fun of writing established characters is that there's a rich mythology to draw from - you get to play with toys you loved as a kid.
I believe a large part of humanity will draw appropriate lessons from what is the wave of the future in the 21st century.
I usually draw in silence, but listen to music or public radio when I'm painting, after all the important decisions have been made.
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
Letting yourself be vulnerable isn't always a weakness. Sometimes it can be a conscious decision to draw the other person out.
I'm a guy who is married to an actress, who has three children, and lives in Tribeca. Where do you draw the line on what I am allowed to discuss?
There is a time when the hoary head of inveterate abuse will neither draw reverence nor obtain protection.
Let me draw your attention to one thing which unfortunately we always forget: that is - "O man, have faith in yourself."
I've always been comfortable working with women and I've had two happy marriages. Draw what conclusions you like from that.
L.A is a huge place, literally and metaphorically. Its beauty and horror. Its unconventional history. Its draw and allure. Its diversity and segregation.
I'm a person that's grounded in faith and believe that my core values, motivation, inspiration, draw from a conception of the world in that way.
I think it's the small things, the smaller episodes and details that I linger on and try to draw meaning from, just personally.
Good cable, to enforce and draw, And be thy law, While thou didst wink and wouldst not see.
Faith is letting down our nets into the transparent deeps at the Divine command, not knowing what we shall draw.
I wouldn't know how to design. I couldn't even if I wanted to, for I can't draw, and a pair of scissors in my hands becomes a dangerous weapon.
To envy is to draw circles that isolate us from others, to take small, bitter trips that diminish the traveler.
When holy and devout religious men are at their beads, 'tis hard to draw them thence; so sweet is zealous contemplation.
I draw great comfort from remoteness and wildness. I suppose that is why I have always felt the lure of the Arctic so acutely.
You can't just have a clean public space - you also have to have people willing to use it, and something that will draw them in.
My favorite days were when I had a cold and could stay home from school and draw all day long.
A man who is in control, and inside there is a frightened child - that interests me. Why? You can draw your own conclusions.
I like to draw, produce paintings, do something with my fingers - but I am very normal, down-to-earth person.
There are always parts of me that come out in the characters that I play - it's the only thing I have to work with and to draw off of.
You can't just draw a veil of secrecy when you are locking people up. You have to do at least the minimum, which is to acknowledge who you are holding.
'Taxi Driver' wasn't autobiographical in terms of the actual events, but I did draw on my own mental state.
When I write songs, it happens very quickly, sometimes 10 to 15 minutes, and I draw inspiration from everything.
The fact that music can induce Goosebumps draw a tear inspire and connect is one of my favorite parts of being human
Be able to draw an illustration as least well enough to get your point across to another person.
I'm happy that I was able to experience a normal life besides show business, because it gives you something to draw from.
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