#mo

There is a lot of talk in publishing these days that we need to become more like the Internet: We need to make books for short attention spans with bells and whistles - books, in short, that are as much like 'Angry Birds' as possible. But I think that's a terrible idea. ↗

— John Green

#attention #attention spans #become #bells #bells and whistles

When you go to a great concert, you feel this arc, almost like the music of a well-chosen set takes you on this trip through emotions and through various forms of intellectual engagement. ↗

— John Green

#arc #concert #emotions #engagement #feel

I was never specifically associated with a part, I didn't have tons of money, I wasn't conventionally tall or handsome, so you know the things that were available to me were hard work and perseverance. ↗

— Seth Green

#available #handsome #hard #hard work #i

I think I pick more winners than losers. ↗

— Philip Green

#i think #losers #more #pick #than

Doing something because it's quote-unquote a good career move doesn't really appeal to me. ↗

— Seth Green

#because #career #doing #good #me

Over the last four years, I've made a habit of coming into my office in the morning and just getting to work. ↗

— Seth Green

#four #getting #habit #i #into

There's never a surefire good career move except doing good work. ↗

— Seth Green

#doing #doing good #except #good #good work

Three or four years ago, I got really caught up in the movies people were making, the opportunities they were getting, and I was looking at them with bitterness. ↗

— Seth Green

#bitterness #caught #four #getting #got

I've been doing a lot of learning from mistakes, first and foremost, and building off that. ↗

— William Green

#building #doing #first #foremost #i

And they understand that to be an effective member of a democracy, you have to accept responsibility. ↗

— Daniel Greenberg

#democracy #effective #member #responsibility #understand