Kristina Bonitz

Optimism is a performance-enhancing drug that's both legal and free.

"To think, you have to write. If you're thinking without writing, you only think you're thinking. […] Everyone thinks they think. If you don't write down your thoughts, you are fooling yourself." — Leslie Lamport

Animal behaviour scientist Temple Grandin on progress: “People are always looking for the single magic bullet that will completely change everything. There is no single magic bullet. Progress is about bridging the gap between what we observe and what we can imagine – one careful step at a time.”

Seth continued, “You can’t begin by asking, ‘How do we make it just like the others and make it remarkable?’ You have to ask, ‘How do we make it different from the others so it is remarkable?’”

The desire for a life of focus, for more ‘coherence’ than ‘incoherence’ feels like a characteristically contemporary yearning.

– Bekah Waalkes

Have you ever been urged to Hollywood-ify your face, do Botox, get veneers or anything like that for career reasons?

Not at all. They aren’t looking for Hollywood smiles when they cast me. That’s never been an issue. I’ve got an expressive face, so leave it alone.

Doing projects, the world’s got to fall away. It’s like falling in love.