Because, as we all know, itโs easier to do trivial things that are urgent than it is to do important things that are not urgent, like thinking. And itโs also easier to do little things we know we can do than to start on big things that weโre not so sure about.
John CleeseI have a tendency sometimes to get too logical with what I'm writing, just because I want it to be kind of perfect.
John CleeseI learned a lot of things about literature talking to people at the publishing company. Did you know that about 90 percent of celebrity autobiographies are ghostwritten?
John CleeseWe all operate in two contrasting modes, which might be called open and closed. The open mode is more relaxed, more receptive, more exploratory, more democratic, more playful and more humorous. The closed mode is the tighter, more rigid, more hierarchical, more tunnel-visioned. Most people, unfortunately spend most of their time in the closed mode.
John Cleese