People, unless they're paying attention, tend to confuse fanciness with intelligence or authority.
David Foster WallaceHear this or not, as you will. Learn it now, or later -- the world has time. Routine, repetition, tedium, monotony, ephemeracy, inconsequence, abstraction, disorder, boredom, angst, ennui -- these are the true hero's enemies, and make no mistake, they are fearsome indeed. For they are real.
David Foster WallaceIt means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience.
David Foster WallaceIdeally, each piece of art's its own unique object, and its evaluation's always present-tense.
David Foster Wallace