“Practice not doing and everything will fall into place.” –Tao Te Ching by Lao-Tzu (Stephen Mitchell translation) “I can talk, I can speak, I have something to say,…The language of great writing frees you of yourself.” -Al Pacino “I’m a vessel for other people’s stories and other women’s lives.” -Meryl Streep Don’t worry about “acting”Continue reading “Be The Medium”
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“There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, and everything else isContinue reading “Never…”
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“I want to practice to the point where it’s almost uncomfortable how fast you shoot, so that in the game things kind of slow down.” -Stephen Curry Yes, you worked really freakin’ hard to get to this point. Now it’s time to drop the work and let go. Make it look effortless. Better yet, Stephortless.
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“If you believe the good reviews, then you have to believe the bad ones too.” -Jackson Browne As an artist, you want absolute freedom to risk, push boundaries and make mistakes. You want the ability to swing for the fences knowing you might just fall flat on your face. Examine your attachments to people’s expectationsContinue reading “Don’t Be A Prisoner To Praise”
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“Books remain the same but we certainly have changed, and this later encounter is therefore completely new.” -Italo Calvino “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it is not the same river and he is not the same man.” -Heraclitus “Intellect is a magnitude of intensity, not a magnitude of extensity.” -ArthurContinue reading “Revisit”
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“Be in the moment. Period. Just be there. Because if you get all like, ‘Oh I got to do this big thing.’ It just never works. It just doesn’t work. You’ve just got to let go. If it happens, it happens. If it doesn’t, it doesn’t. Whatever you do is ok, just be truthful, honest,Continue reading “Present”
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“One must be pitiless about this matter of “mood.” In a sense, the writing will create the mood. … I have forced myself to begin writing when I’ve been utterly exhausted, when I’ve felt my soul as thin as a playing card, when nothing has seemed worth enduring for another five minutes … and somehowContinue reading “Moved To Act”
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“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.” -Richard P. Feynman For anything you’re thinking about doing, ask yourself “why” over and over and over again. Until you drill down enough and get at the real reason you wanna do the thing. (Five or sixContinue reading “Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?”
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We’re four days into the new year and maybe some of you feel bad because you broke one or all of your daily resolutions. Before punting on 2022, why not take a different approach? Take the pressure off. Call January your “test drive month.” Just like you wouldn’t buy a new car before taking itContinue reading “Test Drive Month”
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“I’m not doing dialogue because I like doing dialogue. The characters are telling you the story. I’m not telling you the story, they’re going to do it. If I do it right, you will get the whole story.” -George V. Higgins Some of the best writing advice I’ve heard, especially for playwrights, is this…know yourContinue reading “Just Get ‘Em Talking”
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