Ben Katchor on running
Ben Katchor20 quotes“A picture story just doesn’t run like a film. It doesn’t have 24 frames per second. It doesn’t deal with this illusion of movement.”
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I think architectural appreciation would be a minor occupation after a nuclear war. People would just be happy to have something to eat.
Ben KatchorBen Katchor I live in an apartment building built in 1925, and it hasn’t been heavily renovated, so I feel very much connected to that time and what went on in that place.
Ben KatchorBen Katchor The click [of a light switch] is the modern triumphal clarion proceeding us through life, announcing our entry into every lightless room.
Ben KatchorBen Katchor Really interesting novels, they always are so demanding of you on some level that you don’t fall asleep.
Ben KatchorBen Katchor You know how misleading an image is. You see an image in the newspaper, if they left the caption off, good luck knowing what’s going on. There is something inherently misleading about images, so they need annotation.
Ben KatchorBen Katchor A picture story just doesn’t run like a film. It doesn’t have 24 frames per second. It doesn’t deal with this illusion of movement. It’s more like if you did an illuminated novel.
Ben KatchorBen Katchor I never wore a watch. I always depend on public clocks, and stores have clocks, but that is strange.
Ben KatchorBen Katchor You can have your own watch and always doubt it. If I had a watch I’d probably always be doubting it or the batteries would be dying. I just know that people always have trouble with their watches, and that’s why I like public clocks.
Ben KatchorBen Katchor I’ve wasted the last five years of my life dealing in religious articles. People today find spiritual solace in ballroom dancing.
Ben KatchorBen Katchor As a small kid, I came across things like these early Edward Gorey books in department-store bookstores. These were these really unusual objects to me. I didn’t know how they fit into the comic world or into newspaper comics.
Ben KatchorBen Katchor I always lived in old buildings, and I thought about who lived here before. You’d have to be oblivious not to.
Ben KatchorBen Katchor I’m very interested in music and where these sounds of Western music come from.
Ben KatchorBen Katchor How can you think that that will evoke the past? It doesn’t even have to evoke anything, but anyway, it’s how we’re living. It’s this moment where nobody has to immediately think too much about how things are being documented. It’s a great time.
Ben KatchorBen Katchor Certain movies that are trying to evoke history are just like being in an antique store, and all you notice is that all the stuff has been gathered together, and it feels like a pile of antiques.
Ben KatchorBen Katchor I was born Moishe Ketzelbourd but the Indians call me Maurice Cougar.
Ben KatchorBen Katchor Goat curry and a female librarian, that’s what I’m in the mood for.
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AaliyahAaliyah When the guy says go, you start to suffer – or you might as well not be out there. It’s a small piece of your life, make it hurt.
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Aaron HernandezAaron Hernandez Rogue Squadron doesn’t run. Unless we really, really have to.
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Aaron AllstonAaron Allston Every fairy child may keep Two strong ponies and ten sheep; All have houses, each his own, Built of brick or granite stone; They live on cherries, they run wild I’d love to be a Fairy’s child.
Robert GravesRobert Graves What women say to lovers, you’ll agree, One writes on running water or on air.
CatullusCatullus He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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