Overheard

“In my world, the actors and the director are all made of paper, and they do exactly what I say.” Alan Moore, on comic books as a medium

Tags: art, comics, movies, writing

“you are not listening to me” Sam Brown, explodingdog

Tag: art

“Fear of delegation is the belief that no one is as competent to solve a problem as you are. This kind of thinking (which at times may be justified) usually results from the belief that tasks will inevitably be done poorly if not done by capable hands—yours, of course. But how often is this really […]

“We felt that there were a lot of people asking, ‘Where do we go from here, now that we’ve changed our church music to sound like bad U2 covers?’” Jars of Clay guitarist Matt Odmark, on the Christian music industry

Tags: christianity, music

“From the orang-utan reserves of Borneo to the Brazilian Amazon, virgin forest is being razed to grow palm oil and soybeans to fuel cars and power stations in Europe and North America.” Issue 2526 of New Scientist magazine

Tags: consumerism, environment, lifestyle, social

“Google has the functionality of a really complicated Swiss Army knife, but the home page is our way of approaching it closed. It’s simple, it’s elegant, you can slip it in your pocket, but it’s got the great doodad when you need it. A lot of our competitors are like a Swiss Army knife open—and […]

“Canada has an abundance of fresh water. Fresh water is the oil of the 21st Century. Uh-Oh.” Advertisement for Maclean’s magazine

Tags: canada, environment, politics