It's just that it's mind-boggling to me how many people I encounter every day who are struggling to subsist on a diet of bad advice about fake solutions to nonexistent problems.

Like tornadoes and cold sores, good work happens with total disregard to whether I'm 'into it.'

People with tiny glasses and costly shoes can always find a couple of hours to explain how you did it all wrong.

Thinking can really be the enemy of action, and thinking can be the enemy of reality.

Never let the guy with the broom decide how many elephants can be in the parade.

I think all of the best nonfiction that has ever been made comes from the result of someone who can't stop thinking about a certain topic - a very specific aspect of a certain topic in some cases. And second, they got really good at figuring out what they had to say about it.

A lot of the best work I've ever done started out as something completely different because I gave myself permission to have space around my time and expectations.