"I find it very hard to sit down and create an idea or especially a new character on command. Usually my characters evolve by accident out of some story context"
- John Kricfalusi
About this Quote
John Kricfalusi's quote speaks to the difficulty of developing something from absolutely nothing. It can be tough to come up with an idea or character as needed, as it requires a lot of creativity and imagination. Rather, Kricfalusi suggests that characters and ideas typically progress out of the context of a story. This indicates that the best concepts come from a location of exploration and discovery, rather than from a place of forcing something into presence. It is typically easier to let concepts come to us, rather than trying to require them into presence. This quote speaks to the significance of allowing ideas to come to us naturally, rather than attempting to force them into presence. It is frequently simpler to let ideas pertain to us, rather than attempting to require them into existence. This quote speaks with the value of allowing ideas to come to us naturally, instead of attempting to force them into existence. By allowing concepts to come to us, we can develop something that is more meaningful and special.
This quote is written / told by John Kricfalusi somewhere between September 9, 1955 and today. He was a famous Artist from Canada.
The author also have 27 other quotes.
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"The way I write is that I'll actually have a conversation out loud with myself. In a weird way, I just kind of get schizophrenic and play two characters"
"From beginning to end it's about keeping the energy and the intensity of the story and not doing too much and not doing too little, but just enough so people stay interested and stay involved in the characters"
"They weren't impatient for the boys to turn into cartoons again. They awarded sympathy, gave compassion. Because deep down they had found parts of themselves in the characters. You said it George"
"And I have to credit David Jacobs with the opportunities he gave me. He was totally into sharing the creation of characters. David put together a show that told the story of people over many years' time and that was greatly enjoyable. Though nowadays that is frowned upon"
"I plot the first 5 or 6 chapters quite minutely, and also the end. So I know where I am going but not how I'm going to get there, which gives characters the chance to develop organically, as happens in real life as you get to know a person"
"I think for anybody reading the book they're going to get an idea in their heads of all those characters, and I think that once that gets fixed, it's quite hard to shake"