Minsuk Kang 강민석

Please note particularly that we own publicly-traded stocks based on our expectations about their long-term business performance, not because we view them as vehicles for adroit purchases and sales. That point is crucial: Charlie and I are not stock-pickers; we are business-pickers.

Four steps: choose a field, learn enough to get to the frontier, notice gaps, explore promising ones. This is how practically everyone who's done great work has done it, from painters to physicists.

Take what you can of criticism, but stick with your own gut feelings. That’s really, really important. I was discouraged for a long time before I came to that point, where I realized, “Hey, I’m writing for me,” and I didn’t care about [the rest]. I think that’s the most important—especially with all these workshops and all these people telling you ... See more

I want to believe that life has more to offer than other people’s empty daydreams, and I don’t want to spend my time sapping time from others. I have to have my grandiose ideals about storytelling, even if I’m not sure I’ll create stories that are really worth telling, because I can’t be excited about anything less. I don’t want to be in the busine... See more