Beginning Quote by Steven Levy

I haven't done the profoundly impactful work many TED speakers have.

— Cameron Russell

I should give a TED Talk about my TV-marathoning skills. It's my sport.

— Hannah Simone

I have been doing stuff for a long time now and you would be in people's consciousness. But when you get something like a…

— Adrian Dunbar

“The most productive creative sessions allow for the exploration of myriad trains of thought.”

— Ed Catmull

Normally I work out a general summary of what I mean to do, then start writing, and the details can be different from my…

— Piers Anthony

Adbusters' is my favourite reading material, so as soon as you go there, the synapses start firing in a different way. You start taking…

— Raine Maida

In recent years we have become much more preoccupied with streamlining and organizing our subject than with maintaining its overall vitality. If we are…

— Mark Kac

You can't plan everything - if I did a performance exactly how I rehearsed it, it would be so boring.

— Adam Lambert

I find that the creative side of my brain and the archival side of my brain don't work well together. When I've done my…

— George Meyer

“The trick is learning to frame your new ideas as tweaks of old ideas, to mix a little fluency with a little disfluency—to make…

— Derek Thompson

Making clever speeches takes a lot of work and a lot of time.

— Elaine Stritch

One of the many delights that I found in directing was that you plan so many things so meticulously so that they go smoothly.…

— Lisa Joy