You Just Have To Fight Your Way

For People Starting Public Radio Shows, One Of The Things You Have To Do Is You Have To Talk Every Single Public Radio Station Into Picking You Up.

Don't Wait Till You're Older, Or In Some Better Job Than You Have Now. Don't Wait For Anything. Don't Wait Till Some Magical...idea Drops Into Your Lap. That's Not Where Ideas Come From. Go Looking For An Idea And It'll Show Up. Begin Now.

What Nobody Tells People Who Are Beginners… Is That All Of Us Who Do Creative Work, We Get Into It Because We Have Good Taste. But There Is This Gap. For The First Couple Years You Make Stuff, And It’s Just Not That Good. It’s Trying To Be Good, It Has Potential, But It’s Not… Your Taste Is Why Your Work Disappoints You… We Know Our Work Doesn’t Have This Special Thing That We Want It To Have. We All Go Through This… It Is Only By Going Through A Volume Of Work That You Will Close That Gap, And Your Work Will Be As Good As Your Ambitions.

The Truth Is, I Just Don't Have That Much Time To See Movies. So If I Get Two Hours Where I Can Actually See A Film, I Don't Want To Go Backwards, I Want To Go Forwards.

The Entire Culture Was Organized For People Who Are Happy. People Who Are Miserable Need Reassurance That Other People Are Miserable.