Some Actors, I Think, Want To Feel

The One Thing I Remember About Christmas Was That My Father Used To Take Me Out In A Boat About Ten Miles Offshore On Christmas Day, And I Used To Have To Swim Back. Extraordinary. It Was A Ritual. Mind You, That Wasn't The Hard Part. The Difficult Bit Was Getting Out Of The Sack.

While You're Being Creative, Nothing Is Wrong. There's No Such Thing As A Mistake, And Any Drivel May Lead To The Breakthrough.

As Daniel Levitin Writes, Our Brain Is A "giant Pattern Detector." If We Read Something That Coincides With What We Already Believe We're More Likely To Give It Credence, While The Opposite Is Not True.

If You Are Leaping A Ravine, The Moment Of Takeoff Is A Bad Time For Considering Alternative Strategies... Do It In The 'closed' Mode. But The Moment The Action Is Over, Try To Return To The 'open' Mode... Because In That Mode We Are The Most Aware, Most Receptive, Most Creative, And Therefore At Our Most Intelligent.

When I Was In School, I Was Beaten Every 30 Minutes. It Never Did Me Any Harm Except For Some Psychological Mal-adjustments And Blurred Vision.