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I Don't Like That Whole "art Should Challenge You" Thing. Because I Don't Feel Like Art Actually Does Challenge You. I Was A Semiotics Major At Brown, And There's This Idea That Stories Are Better, Books Are Better, And Movies Are Better If They Cocked You Off Your Axis And You Were Completely Disoriented And You'd Really Have To Rethink Everything.

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 Most Important Possible Thing You Can Do Is Do A Lot Of Work.

We're Jews, My Family, And Jews Break Down Into Two Distinct Subcultures: Book Jews And Money Jews. We Were Money Jews.

I Wish Somebody Had Given Me The News That Ideas Don't Just Fall On Your Head Like Fairy Dust. You Have To Treat That Like A Job. You Have To Spend Hours Each Day, Where You're Just Like, 'this Is The Part Of The Day When I'm Looking For An Idea.'