Easily acquired. Inexpensive. Perfectly functional. Portable. Identifiable. Disposable. Eternal enough. These are my criteria for the perfect storage system. And I’ve found the answer in the simple file box.

My greatest fear in working is always the end. Lately I have taken to tricking myself into finishing by leaving a hole in the middle somewhere, then stitching the two pieces together - the Union Pacific approach.

Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism.

In dreams, anything can be anything, and everybody can do. We can fly, we can turn upside down, we can transform into anything.

When you stimulate your body, your brain comes alive in ways you can't simulate in a sedentary position.

The blank space can be humbling. But I've faced it my whole professional life. It's my job. It's also my calling. Bottom line: Filling this empty space constitutes my identity.

Solitude is an unavoidable part of creativity. Self-reliance is a happy by-product.