Sublime

In addition, Peter helped me to edit what I had written, removing whatever ‘fat’ my dialogue had on it, whether it was a repetition, a redundant phrase, an unnecessary adjective – even a single syllable. I’d half-realised some of this, but not the ruthlessness it required.

the writer Walter Isaacson summarised his findings thus:9 ‘Being curious about everything not only makes you more creative. It enriches your life.’

By now I’d been in New York for about six months and I recall writing down the impressions I’d formed of the people. I’ve lost the original, but can still reconstruct the gist. 1. America had what seemed to me an extraordinary reverence for anyone with lots of money. In England, to appear to be very interested in the old spondulicks was, as I said

According to the wildly creative actor, comedian, and author John Cleese, “Creativity is not a talent, it is a way of operating.”