

“If you could explain something perfectly, then you’d never need art.”
― Oathbringer
― Oathbringer
“This may be a bit controversial, but I’m not so sure compensation scales are a “moral” issue, at least once you exceed the very bottom of the range. If I create a business model that works only if I pay animators half the going rate in Hollywood, and we find it impossible to hire competent animators at that rate, I know my business model is invalid. It won’t work. On the other hand, if enough animators turn up willing to work for that pay scale, the business model may be valid. Turnover will undoubtedly be on the high side, as many of the better animators will move on to higher-paying work, but if we can build turnover into our business model, the business still works.”
― Me, Myself, and Bob: A True Story About Dreams, God, and Talking Vegetables
― Me, Myself, and Bob: A True Story About Dreams, God, and Talking Vegetables
“I’m going to shit out my soul,” I said calmly,”
― Nautical Noobs
― Nautical Noobs

“I promise you, Laurence, you piss them off enough, and they’ll make sweet music with your bones.”
― Star Splinter
― Star Splinter
“The problem for Rome was that its gold and silver reserves were finite; while the products that the Romans sought in eastern markets were renewable resources for the regimes that controlled production.”
― The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes: The Ancient World Economy & the Empires of Parthia, Central Asia & Han China
― The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes: The Ancient World Economy & the Empires of Parthia, Central Asia & Han China
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