The Secret To Doing What You Love “I came to LA because I write films,” the Uber driver told me. “I wrote a movie about kids in a ghetto, trying to survive.”…
The Secret To Doing What You Love “I came to LA because I write films,” the Uber driver told me. “I wrote a movie about kids in a ghetto, trying to survive.” We were going just a few blocks. I was lazy and didn’t feel like walking. “So far I had a meeting at CAA, […]
We spoke for three hours. It was my longest podcast ever so I decided to release it in two parts. Part two is out today. At the end of the podcast I…
We spoke for three hours. It was my longest podcast ever so I decided to release it in two parts. Part two is out today. At the end of the podcast I don’t know what I was thinking. First I was thinking ‘arm wrestle’. But then I was thinking he’d destroy me because we had […]
The great cellist Jacqueline Du Pre was a prodigy from an early age. At age six, she was running, cello over her head, down the performance hall where she was one of…
The great cellist Jacqueline Du Pre was a prodigy from an early age. At age six, she was running, cello over her head, down the performance hall where she was one of the performers that day. She was smiling and laughing and running. A janitor, figuring she must have just performed and was relieved and […]
10 Reasons You Should Quit Your Day Job But Not Your Day Dream Mostly, I was a criminal. Unless I was excited, I could care less. And I’d actively sabotage my job…
10 Reasons You Should Quit Your Day Job But Not Your Day Dream Mostly, I was a criminal. Unless I was excited, I could care less. And I’d actively sabotage my job and my happiness. I eat what I kill. The magic happens only when I’m in love. Ten things I learned while I quit […]
He was definitely too old. Everyone told him he was too old. Publishers hated him. He tried year after year. He was getting tired. It was harder to get up in the…
He was definitely too old. Everyone told him he was too old. Publishers hated him. He tried year after year. He was getting tired. It was harder to get up in the morning. He hated his job. Maybe he hated his life. He was stuck. He was getting frustrated. Rejections piling up. Another and then […]
What is important in life? I thought I would be happy if she loved me. Her name was Amy. She has no chance of reading this. She’s a doctor in Philadelphia. She…
What is important in life? I thought I would be happy if she loved me. Her name was Amy. She has no chance of reading this. She’s a doctor in Philadelphia. She saves lives. She never once thinks about me ever. We dated for six months in 1991. Maybe I should remember this: when someone […]
The reality is: I took a job so I could have an excuse to move cities and slowly disintegrate the relationship with my girlfriend. I figured living 300 miles away would allow…
The reality is: I took a job so I could have an excuse to move cities and slowly disintegrate the relationship with my girlfriend. I figured living 300 miles away would allow me to disengage from contact with her and eventually end it. It ended the way these things typically end. She was unhappy with […]
