Culture Quote by John Flansburgh

'The Onion' is an amazing place to work because it's a bunch of really smart, collaborative writers who aren't afraid to try crazy things.

— Jon Watts

I think the style Plimpton popularized - the dive-in, try-it-yourself journalism - is appealing and useful for a number of reasons, not the least…

— Kevin Roose

When I was in college I wrote for a newspaper there called the 'Every Three Weekly,' which, like a lot of college humor papers,…

— Megan Ganz

It had more layers than an onion. These writers meant business. There was a level for everybody. Your major could be celestial mechanics, and…

— Billy West

I think audiences are quite sophisticated.

— Lynne Ramsay

When I first became a journalist, people said, 'Oh, that must be interesting.' They saw it as slightly glamorous, slightly edgy. They wanted to…

— Fiona Barton

“Adam Gottbetter goes beyond the original usage of focus groups when they are used within communication studies to explore the effects of films and…

— Adam Gottbetter

Audiences need to engage with characters.

— Nina Tassler

Modern audiences are so intelligent. They work at such a fast pace that if you don't give enough stimulus at a breakneck speed, they…

— George Blagden

“The group mind was such (private jokes and bemusement, everyone clustered round vacation videos on the iPhone) that it was hard to imagine any…

— Donna Tartt

I think audiences are quite comfortable watching something coming into being.

— Brian Eno

Like other secret lovers, many speak mockingly about popular culture to conceal their passion for it.

— Mason Cooley