I Am Hungry, And Young Compared To Some
The lovely folks over at TheYoungAndTheHungry.com interviewed yours truly with an eye on next week’s 5 Year Anniversary of Cross-Pollination. An excerpt below. Why did you choose to host the series at...
View ArticleThe Wound Inside Of The Creative (Or Kaufman On Honesty)
About a year ago BAFTA invited Charlie Kaufman to speak on screenwriting. It’s one of the finest and most honest talks I have heard in a long time. Rather than presenting a simplified “how-to”, Mr....
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Billboard Op-ed: Start Me Up
The good folks at Billboard Magazine published a piece I wrote called “Start Me Up: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Tech Startup”. Pick up the latest issue to read the full thing, or if you are a...
View ArticleIt’s Not About You
Macklemore, he of Ryan Lewis, wrote a post on the group’s tumblr. It’s titled, simply, “Sam”, after a young fan suffering from Leukemia. Macklemore went to visit Sam in the hospital and reflected in a...
View ArticleOn Stealing (Or No Idea’s Original)
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, director Wes Anderson discusses the similarities between his films and those of legendary directors like Stanley Kubrick and Orson Welles. He notes that...
View ArticleBeing A Rock Star Is Still A Job (Or Henry Miller’s Creative Commandments)
Sometimes it looks like being a rock star is all concerts, parties and famous people. This image lures in a huge set of wannabe’s and musicians with massive insecurities trying to fill a confidence...
View ArticleWoody Allen On Motivation And Appreciation (Or Masterpiece Vs Prolificacy)
In anticipation of his new movie “To Rome With Love” the Wall Street Journal published a great interview with director Woody Allen. I’ve lifted a few interesting nuggets of wisdom that give insight...
View ArticleOn Independent Thinking (Or To Be More Like Steve)
Happy 4th of July to you. On Independent’s Day I thought I’d share some remarkable thoughts as shared by one of the greatest independent thinkers this country has ever produced. Here is Steve Jobs,...
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Mmmm Kool-Aid (Or Don’t Believe The Hype)
Marcus just tweeted something I feel very strongly about, and it’s a trap I’ve seen happen to start-up people, artists, producers and people in several other fields. It’s especially prevalent in...
View ArticleAnthony Hopkins Is Not Special (Or Letting It Go To Your Head)
The Talks released a great interview with Anthony Hopkins. One of the topics they cover is creatives’ tendency to think of themselves as different from others around them. Do you think actors and...
View ArticleSuccess Changes Nothing (Or Dustin Hoffman Demystifies A Myth)
Dustin Hoffman speaks on many interesting things in this interview, and this was the golden nugget in my opinion. The Talks asked him whether finally achieving success with The Graduate, after 12 years...
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