“The Runaway Five's obvious influence is The Blues Brothers. During localization, their black and white suits were made more colorful to avoid legal action from Universal Pictures or the film's producers. When I told my wife Aviva about this, she… — Ken Baumann Copy Share
“The Runaway Five's obvious influence is The Blues Brothers. During localization, their black and white suits were made more colorful to avoid legal action from Universal Pictures or the film's producers. When I told my wife Aviva about this, she admitted she had never seen The Blues Brothers film. Having grown up on a steady diet of Saturday Night Live-spawned… — Ken Baumann Copy Share
With writing and publishing, my only aim is to live in the aesthetic pleasure dome. — Ken Baumann Copy Share Image
Every once in awhile, find a spot of shade, sit down on the grass or dirt, and ask yourself this question: “Do I respect myself?” A corollary to this question: “Do I respect the work I’m doing?” If the answer to the latter question is NO, then the answer to the former question will probably be NO too. If this… — Ken Baumann Copy Share
Art is the most benign cultural practice, and yet art has an upper bound of personal revelation that is so far away it is… — Ken Baumann Copy Share Image
Growing up, my mom would watch 'Notting Hill' a lot. She loves Hugh Grant. — Ken Baumann Copy Share Image
Books woke me up. Books are my favorite man-made objects. I fetishize their design, smell, feel. And that they can contain such burning, complex… — Ken Baumann Copy Share Image
I started to write a series of fantasy novels when I was eleven. I have never taken anything artistic as seriously; since then, writing… — Ken Baumann Copy Share Image
It's harder to make money when you're not a machine in a massive apparatus designed only to make money, but artists will figure it… — Ken Baumann Copy Share Image
I don't eat fast food often, but I love tacos. I could write prophetically about how perfect the taco is. — Ken Baumann Copy Share Image
I love art and I think I was destined to end up in some aspect of the arts. — Ken Baumann Copy Share Image
Mistakes quickly pile up and coalesce into a reputation, and a reputation is hard to shake. — Ken Baumann Copy Share Image
“If we were to take EarthBound's early hours as material evidence of Shigesato Itoi's impressions of American culture, we would have to consider cruel… — Ken Baumann Copy Share Image
