Question marks are shaped like hooks for a reason: they will hook the reader and drag them deeper into the story

Remember: a story is not a vignette. It has a beginning, middle and an end. It is not merely a snapshot in time.

You can feel good about failure. Failure means you did something. You finished the story even if it wasn't what you'd hoped. Failure means you're learning. Growing. Doing.

Enter the story as late as you can.

Write til your fingers bleed.

Science is trumped by ignorance when the ignorant are given a vote.

We’re here to change the world, not participate in its tedium.

Leadership can mean defiance.

We think the future is robots and hovercars and maybe it’s really here.

Failure is an instruction manual written in scar tissue.

All hail the light, the dark, and the grey.

If two people are meant to be, they'll find their way to each other.

Dream with all of your mind.Work with all of your heart.Persevere with all of your strength.Succeed with all of your soul.

May Love, Joy and Abundance Rain on Every Being in the World.

Only the unlimited accumulation of power could bring about the unlimited accumulation of capital.

The happiest of endings begin with a struggle so embrace yours

We don't laugh because we feel good; we feel good because we laugh.

The difference between intelligence and an education is this: that intelligence will make a good living for you, but education won't do much for you at all.

In its sacredness, families get together to (unintentionally?) celebrate one genocide (against Native Americans) by committing another (against turkeys).

Objective is the wrong word. Rather, it's fairness. Objectivity is a false God. Instead we should strive for fairness and transparency.

We need to be rid of the insane policy of environmentalism. No more 'green', anti-growth, anti-science environmental policy.