"When in doubt, remember how to do what you love."

I have no delu­sions of being put on this earth to be remem­bered and lit­tle incli­na­tion to make such a thing hap­pen, so I’d hes­i­tate to say what I’m con­cerned with is lack­ing a legacy. I’m not look­ing to build a pyra­mid in my honor.

What I long for is self-sufficient, man­ual creation."

"That's where artists do their work. Not in the safe places, but out there, in a place where they might fail, where it might end badly, where connections might be lost, sensibilities might be offended, jokes might not be gotten."

"Things started to turn around for me when I put stuff back in the right priority boxes, and when I began to focus again on The Writing and not so much on The Publishing."

History, etymology, new economy, and doing the work, all in one paragraph! <swoon>: Job vs. Work