Quotes About Simplicity

Let me ask you: Who do you prefer, a clown organizing your menu - with all due respect to Mr. McDonald - or a chef? I do believe it's a very simple answer.

I find great beauty in songs with a creative interpretation, but most people generally don't get that, and go for the simple songs, but I prefer something a bit more complicated, which is more meaningful to the creator.

I don't like directing a lot of people. So trying to keep things really simple and elegant is my preferred way of working.

Even the most complicated stories start with a very simple premise.

The more complicated and powerful the job, the more rudimentary the preparation for it.

I've taught myself how to use good, fresh ingredients and to prepare them as simply as possible by cooking only to enhance their intrinsic flavors.

At 2, I start preparing fish or chicken for dinner. I don't drive. I don't have hobbies. I have no desire to travel.

Jazz is there and gone. It happens. You have to be present for it. That simple.

I give myself little presents all the time. But I don't do extravagant things.

The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of that little out and still preserve an effect of leisure and natural movement.

One of the things I've learned with doing 'xkcd' is that you sort of give people, 'Here's the thing, and here's the button you can press to get another thing.' Sometimes that can be more easy to digest than, 'Here's a long page of things.'

Good food is good food. It doesn't have to come with pretense.

There's something very noble about the bowling shoe. It has very little pretense, and it's kind of naughty. You have to share them with a bunch of other people, which is so kinky in a way that I like. What other shoes would you actively share with other people?

My father got to see the first 10 years of my career. He implored me to always appreciate people who are not operating under any sort of false pretense or who weren't caught up in their own success.

Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.

I never want to be pretentious.

I don't like pretentious films or pretentious people.

Heather and I decided we were going to be pretty low-key at the convention.

I think the danger in trying to set too many things up or do too much world-building in a movie so soon is you forget to actually make a movie.

I like my face sans make-up - a dash of lipstick and a little mascara.

My first date was when I was in school. I remember I took her out, and we had sandwiches because I didn't have any money, but it was fun.

After you date a player or two it's nice to just chill with a guy that can keep it basic.

Life isn't that complicated on paper. It's made more complex by the day and age we live.

I grew up on the beach. It's just a way of life. You don't seek out that lifestyle; it's just day-to-day.