My ambition is to not embarrass myself--which, if you know me, is a pretty serious ambition.
David LipskyAnd I think that the ultimate way you and I get lucky is if you have some success early in life, you get to find out early it doesn't mean anything. Which means you get to start early the work of figuring out what does mean something -- David Foster Wallace
David LipskyDavid Foster Wallace: I think one of the insidious lessons about TV is the meta-lesson that youโre dumb. This is all you can do. This is easy, and youโre the sort of person who really just wants to sit in a chair and have it easy. When in fact there are parts of us, in a way, that are a lot more ambitious than that. And what we need, I thinkโand Iโm not saying Iโm the person to do it. But I think what we need is seriously engaged art, that can teach again that weโre smart. And that thereโs stuff that TV and moviesโalthough theyโre great at certain thingsโcannot give us.
David Lipsky