I know a lot about writing, but I don't know much about how other industries work. I've tried to use my naivety to my advantage.
Alain de BottonThe fear of saying something stupid (which stupid people never have) has censored far more good ideas than bad ones.
Alain de Bottonas the determinants of high status keep shifting, so, too, naturally, will the triggers of status anxiety be altered.
Alain de BottonOne wants never to give up this crystalline perspective. One wants to keep counterpositioning home with what one knows of alternative realities, as they exist in Tunis or Hyderabad. One wants never to forget that nothing here is normal, that the streets are different in Wisebaden, and Louyang, that this is just one of many possible worlds.
Alain de Botton