Ice Cream, Puppies, A Confederacy of Dunces
"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." - Benjamin Franklin
"You get a car, you get a car, you get a car!" - Oprah Winfrey
As a child, some of the most fascinating people I knew resided inside a wood-encased Sony Trinitron. People like Balki Bartokomous, Sonny Crockett, Arnold Drummond, Flo 'Kiss My Grits' Castleberry, Maddie Hayes, Jack Tripper, and Arnie Becker. As I got older, I learned that there was a group of people, living in LA, talented enough to actually make up these characters. And so, after college and law school, I moved to LA to find these talented people, also known as actors, and help them figure out what other genius things they could do with their god-like talents. And so I spent years at ICM and CAA in LA doing just that (but only after pushing mail carts), and then I met Jon Rubinstein ....
“The great arises from small things that are honored and cared for.”
- Eckhart Tolle
“I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones.”
- John Cage
“We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.”
- Thich Nhat Hanh
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
– Mary Oliver
“Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.”
- Pema Chödrön
What makes us different and why