Do The Jobs You Like Least First.

But With The Dark Crystal, Instead Of Puppetry We're Trying To Go Toward A Sense Of Realism - Toward A Reality Of Creatures That Are Actually Alive And We're Mixing Up Puppetry And All Kinds Of Other Techniques.

(lisa Henson About Her Father) He Admired The Job Of The Man Who Walks Along The Road Picking Up Trash With A Long Stick. He Thought That Guy Had A Great Job, Walking Along With A Stick, Enjoying The Road, And Doing Only Good In The World, With Hundreds Of Small Actions.

You're Assisting The Audience To Understand; You're Giving Them A Bridge Or An Access. And If You Don't Give Them That, If You Keep It More Abstract, It's Almost More Pure. It's A Cooler Thing.

The Only Way The Magic Works Is By Hard Work. But Hard Work Can Be Fun.

When I Was Young, My Ambition Was To Be One Of The People Who Made A Difference In This World. My Hope Is To Leave The World A Little Better For Having Been There.