It is important not to confuse freedom with mere permissiveness
A major threshold is passed when you mature enough to acknowledge what drives you, and to take the wheel and steer it.
The greatest story commandment is: Make me care.
Use what you know. Draw from it. It doesnt always mean plot or fact. It means capturing a truth from your experiencing it, expressing values you personally feel deep down in your core.
The best stories infuse wonder.
No one's going to see my mistakes; I just need the safety of these mistakes to lead me to the right answers.
I never think about the audience. If someone gives me a marketing report, I throw it away.
I am not yet born; O fill me with strength against those who would freeze my humanity.
I think 99% of climate scientists would agree that we need to reduce emissions as quickly as possible, and then begin removing greenhouse gasses and carbon from the air. And if we don't do that we are looking at some range of catastrophe.
Racing is not football or baseball or basketball where you can do it yourself. If you're good in high school, you just shine. (But in racing) you have to have a family behind you.
Day by day, tiny specks of us float away.