linda

In the early internet when it was more about creativity and the money wasn't involved, in some ways it was really bad because people were creating for free and there wasn't economic opportunities, many of which have been incredibly liberatory, but it did allow for less pressure .

The stakes were just so much lower so you could just have a little bit... See more

I grew up with painted billboards and now they are digital. I prefer the painted billboards they were works of art. Digital just isn’t the same.

I think that every writer should have a question they can ask that there is no end to the pursuit of. Every writer should have questions big enough and pressing enough and multi-faceted enough and unanswerable enough that they occupy their entire life, however long or short it is

Make stuff only you can make. Stuff that makes you sigh in resignation after waiting for someone else to make happen so you can enjoy it, and realizing that’s never going to happen so you have to get off the couch and do it yourself

Nothing is entirely detritus. It is all in service of you. The great improv dance of life’s back and forth sambas and pirouettes and the tears and handfuls of hair in quiet desperation as we keep rising to face whatever unseen stalks out of the murk. That is what makes this whole blue marble dice roll worth it. The chance to conjure something... See more

We’re moving out of the era of platforms owning people and into an era of people owning platforms—an era in which creators will rightfully demand more ownership, and more say over their relationships with their communities.