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"I decided at 40 I was wasting entire chunks of my brain and didn't want to blow my one chance on Earth. I'm glad I made that decision. Writing is largely about time, while visual art is largely about space. Sometimes, as with film, you can hybridize, but I think it's basically the space part of my brain wanting equal footing with the time part."
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"Dreams don't get done until they are due."
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"People who know the value of time are always doing something valuable with their time."
"You can multiply your life through work, not jobs."
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"Begin to think of how you could maximize the time you have through hard work and through concentration."
"If you cannot sleep, put the sacred energy to use. You can pray, read and write."
"Schedule time for focused effort."
"Don't allow the demands of work load, make you lose touch with life."
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"The capacity for not feeling lonely can carry a very real price, that of feeling nothing at all."
"Earth was not built for six billion people all running around and being passionate about things. The world was built for about two million people foraging for roots and grubs."
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