We have little choice but to move beyond quality and seek remarkable, connected, and new. Remarkable, as you've already figured out, demands initiative.

Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.

believe that giving up is the same thing as being realistic.

That's your opportunity--to approach your work in a way that generates unique learning and interactions that are worth sharing.

There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth.   Not going all the way, and not starting.”   Siddhrtha Gautama

The challenge, it turns out, isn’t in perfecting your ability to know when to start and when to stand by. The challenge is getting into the habit of

This is an addictive pastime. You take no real risk, touch the world, and it responds. Repeat.

I define anxiety as experiencing failure in advance…and if you have anxiety about initiating a project, then of course you will associate risk with failure.

The relentless act of invention and innovation and initiative is the best marketing asset.

What shall you do all your vacation?’, asked Amy. "I shall lie abed and do nothing", replied Meg.

People shouldn't trust artists and they shouldn't trust art. Part of the fun of art is that it invites you to interpret it.

Fame should be left to the film stars.

Aphorism, n.: A concise, clever statement you don’t think of until too late.

I love doing meta-humor, as long as it doesn't become too distracting and it's subtle.

Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment you're just a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric.

The only thing that follows work is results.

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

A broad and joined-up approach is needed if we are to match human demands with the capacity of the planet

Give your main clause a little space. Prose is not like boxing; the skilled writer deliberately telegraphs his punch, knowing that the reader wants to take the message directly on the chin.