I would rather do three or four small parts every year as opposed to some of the lower-hanging fruit that might get my name above the title.
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If I'm doing an event, if it's a charity event, where it's a walk-around event, where I gotta put a thousand small plates out in the course of a four-hour event, I gotta make sure I can do something that I know I can produce, that's going to be consistent and good all night long.
When you start a business, go for the lowest hanging fruit.
I probably wouldn't have done as many as I did in one year, which I did when I was trying to raise money.
A man's worth has its season, like fruit.
The principal and only way to make an heirloom product is to design something that people will need not just this year, but for the next 50 or 100 years.
I designed collections around whatever struck my fancy... fruits, vegetables, politics, or peacocks! I entered in with no business sense.
After 'Where The Wild Things Are,' which was this big, long five-year project, I spent a year making small things.
In the future, I'd like to make jewelry and sell it under my own name. But right now, I've got enough on my plate!
In London I had pear trees in my back garden, so I'd make my own pear and green tomato chutney.
You do something annual every year, don't you?