Taking Things Seriously

To endure something is obviously exhausting and agonizing. But at the same time, you must also continue to hold what you regard as important close to your heart and to nurture it. Should you ever relinquish what you truly hold dear, the only path left to you will be that of a pencil-pusher

In a rare interview with the animator, Margaret Talbot described Miyazaki as a “workaholic,” and “detail oriented to the point of obsession.”

When you meet someone with devotion and care for their craft, they have thinner barriers between their soul and the external world

“I know we’re in a subjective business,” Chalamet addressed the audience, “but the truth is, I’m really in pursuit of greatness.” He went on to say, “I’m inspired by the greats…I’m as inspired by Daniel Day-Lewis, Marlon Brando, and Viola Davis as I am by Michael Jordan, Michael Phelps, and I want to be up there”

That’s the promise of depth. You get more scaffolding around language, a deeper and richer vocabulary, to describe how you feel.