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Life

One of my favorite podcasts is Here’s the Thing, and on a recent episode…

Life

Mike Pesca hosts The Gist podcast on Slate, one of my favorite news/opinion…

Mike Pesca hosts The Gist podcast on Slate, one of my favorites. He…

Work

Steinbeck on writing: Writing is a very silly business at best. There…

This quote appears in chapter 2 of The Myths of Innovation: “It…

Here’s the quote of the week: We’re all going to die, all…

Life

I begin my novels knowing what happens. I write endings first. I…

Mark Twain on where ideas come from, in a letter to Helen…

When asked what surprised him most about humanity, he said: ‘Man. Because…

Quote of the day: “I see worlds and worlds of rooms and…

Here’s a good one from Grohl’s Grammy award acceptance speech: “To me…

The quote of the day: “All power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts…