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“The advice I like to give anybody who’ll listen to me, is not to wait around for inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you areContinue reading “Be A Pro”

“If it be now, ’tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now,yet it will come. The readiness is all.” –Hamlet “So much of life isn’t about intelligence or luck but putting yourself in a position for success. The cash-rich investor thrives in crashes. TheContinue reading “Being Ready”

Chemistry (chemistry)Chemistry (chemistry)You and me, we’ve got (chemistry)ChemistryYou and me, we’ve got (chemistry)Baby you and meCould this be that (chemistry)Chemistry, baby you and me -song “Chemistry” by Arcade Fire “I love the chemistry that can be created onstage between the actors and the audience. It’s molecular, even, the energies that can go back and forth.Continue reading “Chemistry”

“The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls. When he finds a pearl of great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it.” -Matthew 13:45 “For it is said that humans are never satisfied, that you give them one thing and they want something more. And thisContinue reading “Some Pearls Of Wisdom”

For the actor… Don’t show it. Just mean it. With your whole heart, mind and soul. Trust that when you do, we’ll see it. More importantly, we’ll feel it. With our whole heart, mind and soul.

General William T. Sherman: “Well, Grant, we’ve had the devil’s own day, haven’t we?” General Ulysses S. Grant: “Yes…Lick ’em tomorrow, though.” – Conversation between the two generals after the first day of the Battle of Shiloh during the American Civil War All you lovers in the world (it’s a brand new day)Stand up andContinue reading “Brand New”

The waiting is the hardest partEvery day you get one more yardYou take it on faith, you take it to the heartThe waiting is the hardest part -Tom Petty, song “The Waiting” “Silence is God’s first language.” -St. John of the Cross Do you have the patience to waittill your mud settles and the waterContinue reading “Waiting and Silence”

What has our arrogance profited us?And what good has our boasted wealth brought us?All those things have vanished like a shadow,and like a rumor that passes by;like a ship that sails through the billowy water,and when it has passed no trace can be found,no track of its keel in the waves. Wisdom is radiant andContinue reading “Wisdom and Ambition”

There is a time for being ahead,a time for being behind;a time for being in motion,a time for being at rest;a time for being vigorous,a time for being exhausted;a time for being safe,a time for being in danger. –Tao Te Ching by Lao-Tzu (Stephen Mitchell translation) My dad once told me a story about howContinue reading “Riptides”

“Do you like green eggs and ham?” “I do not like them, Sam-I-Am. I do not like green eggs and ham.” “Would you like them here or there?” –Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss I’m sort of back to that place I’ve always been in my career: Wherever I was working with agents, orContinue reading “By Any Means Necessary”