[The] vain and transitory scenes of human greatness are unworthy of a serious thought.
Personally, it's changed my game - it's how I think now. Can't imagine writing more than a paragraph in anything that doesn't do MMD.
Joining a Facebook group about creative productivity is like buying a chair about jogging.
The mindless junk of your past crowds out opportunities and sets pointless limitations. Move out the junk, and you create room for the rest of your life. Ultimately, it's not just a question of tidying your house; it's a question of liberating your heart.
Priorities Are Like Arms; If You Think You Have More Than A Couple, You’re Either Lying Or Crazy.
Email is such a funny thing. People hand you these single little messages that are no heavier than a river pebble. But it doesn't take long until you have acquired a pile of pebbles that's taller than you and heavier than you could ever hope to move, even if you wanted to do it over a few dozen trips. But for the person who took the time to hand you their pebble, it seems outrageous that you can't handle that one tiny thing.
Where you allow your attention to go ultimately says more about you as a human being than anything that you put in your mission statement.
I do not write about nice people. I am not nice people.
George Washington’s brother, Lawrence, was the Uncle of Our Country.
The purpose of art is to reflect new emerging values and to define the new heroes and heroines so that people can absorb them into their perceptions.
Play around. Dive into absurdity and write. Take chances. You will succeed if you are fearless of failure.