You Can't Always Trust What

That Is One Thing I've Learned, That It Is Possible To Really Understand Things At Certain Points, And Not Be Able To Retain Them, To Be In Utter Confusion Just A Short While Later. I Used To Think That Once You Really Knew A Thing, Its Truth Would Shine On Forever. Now It's Pretty Obvious To Me That More Often Than Not The Batteries Fade, And Sometimes What You Knew Even Goes Out With A Bang When You Try To Call On It, Just Like A Lightbulb Cracking Off When You Throw The Switch.

[i Remember Going] To A Hotel Gym At Six O'clock In The Morning, And The Television Was On, And It's Some Drama In Which Two Men Have Clearly Kidnapped A Woman. They're Interrogating Her, And They Put A Plastic Bag Over Her Head. They're Suffocating Her, And I'm Thinking, It's Six O'clock In The Morning! Why Does Anybody Need To See This? How Can I Find The Off Switch?

You Can’t Control What Other People Think About Your Art. Think About The Part Of Yourself That You Can Control, Which Is Your Ability To Be Kind And Loving And Creative.

Show Kindness Whenever Possible. Show It To The People In Front Of You, The People Coming Up Behind You, And The People With Whom You Are Running Neck And Neck. It Will Vastly Improve The Quality Of Your Own Life, The Lives Of Others, And The State Of The World.

That's One Of The Many Things About Having The Bookstore That I Adore. I Can Walk Into The Store And Say To Somebody, "i'm Glad You're Reading This Book" Or "i'm Glad You're Getting This Book" Or "don't Get That Book. I Read That Book And Hated That Book. Let's Get You This Book Instead."