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Writing is designing with words.

It reminds me of writing and how I wake up week after week and get stuck on the blank page again and again. How I always despair that I have no more g

Delete words that mean little or nothing [kind of, really, actually]. Delete words that repeat the meaning of other words [various and sundry]. Delete

If you want to create something but feel it has already been done 1000 times, remember: There is always room for quality.

I’ve finally realized why I’ve never been a fan of focusing just on productivity without focusing on other things as well. Productivity is a natural o

“Almost is always the hardest, isn’t it?” she said one afternoon. “Almost getting something.

“In an age of speed, I began to think, nothing could be more invigorating than going slow. In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious t

At the beginning of a creative session, see through every bad idea that comes to mind. Instead of being self-critical and resisting bad ideas, recogni

you need a good place to have some bad ideas.

Visualize your creativity as a backed-up pipe of water. The first mile is packed with wastewater. This wastewater must be emptied before the clear wat

We're bad at creativity in our culture because we're obsessed with productivity. Creativity is slow and curious. Productivity considers every experime

Wouldn't it be nice to live a life driven by curiosity, not by money, not by social status, not by somebody else's expectations? What if I just follo

And I hear all sorts of interesting worries and anxieties from people. Lots of people say something like, “Oh, I would like to be more playful and pas

never apologise for being obsessed. read all day. work all day. run for hours. forget time exists. be everywhere but be a ghost. turn off the world an

We're bad at creativity in our culture because we're obsessed with productivity. Creativity is slow and curious. Productivity considers every experime