Jane Green Quotes

Even after the text is written, there are a tremendous number of stages along the way to the finished book. If a publisher cares about the finished product, none of them will be omitted.

Everybody wants to own quality, but quality takes time, and it takes money.

Making a book is such a big enterprise.

I give each book however long it needs to be the best I can make it.

If you invest in something a little more expensive with longevity, you'll use it more.

I thought it was getting better and better, because the production values were increasing each time we did it.

We shot ten minutes of the movie, and now we're looking for completion funds.

Film is a very expensive medium.

People are really paying attention to the comic-book genre, and there's a lot of time and attention being invested in these projects with a wonderful sense of quality control.

There's a myriad of things that go into why movies don't happen right when you make them. If you make a movie in 2010, sometimes it takes up to a year for post-production, and that puts you into 2011, then you have to figure out what your product is, and that takes some time.

Inevitably, we will spend a multiple of the amount we used to drop on a new router once the old one petered out. The New Wifi is the $5 latte to the standard cup of coffee.

When things cost so much, you appreciate it much more.

From where I sit, I see the digital cinema creating sloppiness on the part of filmmakers because they know if they really get in trouble, they can fix it later. So they don't pay that much attention, and of course it costs a lot more money.

Sometimes you pay a premium to get what you want.

It is important to launch a mass and society-wide struggle to drastically increase the production of consumer goods.

I decided on a chocolate business. I love the history of chocolate and making it and the fact that people of any gender, age, and race enjoy it. I found a space in Brooklyn that had not been used in 30 years. Then I talked to an investor who wanted more than 50 percent of the business.

When you come across something, and its quality is just outrageous, that's probably something of value. It's been that way for hundreds and hundreds of years - the really, really expensive stuff is also really, really high quality.

I don't just shoot videos and post them. If it was that easy, everyone would be doing it.

I always loved movies as a child, and I love story. I got my degree in English. Film and story seemed, to me, the vector of the movie business. I really didn't know what 'the film business' meant, but I decided I wanted to be in it.

In all our businesses, we are out to build local capability in four basic aspects - product line, manufacturing and supply chain, the service team, and the financing and investment capability.

You cannot take shortcuts. We've shown that we can spend more on ingredients, not less, and charge a fair price.

Making commercial cinema is very tough.

I believe in one thing, and that is content, because if your content is strong, the film will surely be hit at the box office.

Some companies are worth paying for up front.

A lot of good movies produced well can be distributed or marketed badly. Of course, a lot of bad movies marketed well can also fail badly. But we want to be in charge of the value chain. And for this we have to be in software production, distribution, and broadcasting.