Quotes By Bill Sienkiewicz
For a while I felt very alone; sort of out there in the world of comics, especially here in the States.
Bill Sienkiewicz
Especially with Elektra, because I'm doing a lot of the covers for the new version of Elektra.
Bill Sienkiewicz
So I look at a lot of stuff now that I did and some of it looks tame to me, but my interest in terms of what I want to say with it is a little different.
Bill Sienkiewicz
There is a whole generation of people who are going to see movies or watch TV who don't want to work.
Bill Sienkiewicz
But with comics you're reading and assimilating an image simultaneously, instead of just reading or watching the tube.
Bill Sienkiewicz
If you're going to establish a certain level of unreality than you have to deal with it.
Bill Sienkiewicz
It's interesting, because in the corporate stuff there's a dichotomy there, depending on the creator. Even what, in essence, may be a very safe corporate approach, there is some stuff that is allowed to be pushed.
Bill Sienkiewicz
But I'm aware of the fact that I'm working in a commercial venue where I'm producing something that I wouldn't normally be approaching the way I'm doing it.
Bill Sienkiewicz
To me, that's one of the things that I love about doing this stuff. One day I can work on this piece in watercolor, and then work on something else on the computer, or work on something else that's a completely different approach.
Bill Sienkiewicz
People who can pull you in and take you on a journey, as opposed to simply adding flash. Again, that feels very clinical, and I don't respond to that the way I used to.
Bill Sienkiewicz
I wanted to be complete, because I figured that, visually, there was an avenue to explore with painted stuff.
Bill Sienkiewicz
That was a real learning element for me, because I realized that the more true you are to yourself, the more you will lose people.
Bill Sienkiewicz
So, when the special effects are at the service of the story and draw you into it, that is really the magic.
Bill Sienkiewicz
Like Godfather, you look at a movie like that, or something that James Gray has directed, a film with minimal or pin lighting as opposed to everything being lit bright and flat, where everything is evident.
Bill Sienkiewicz
I was lucky enough to be given books that weren't top sellers; books that were kind of under the radar.
Bill Sienkiewicz
Do the story in the way it really demands to be done, which may mean using several different styles or only one style; but it's still about respecting the story.
Bill Sienkiewicz