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David Ogilvy: Write the way you talk
Naturally.
Nov 11
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Lena Dunham: Let characters feel pleasure and love
Lena Dunham on what she learned from Judd Apatow.
Nov 4
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Terry Riley: Don’t know what you’re doing
"Then you’re on the right track, because you’re open to the whole world of possibilities."
Nov 2
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October 2025
Roger Ebert: Let them identify with you
"Movies are like a machine that generates empathy."
Oct 30
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Henry Miller: Get beyond pity
"You have to be wiped out as a human being in order to be born again an individual."
Oct 28
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Steve Martin: Change your tempo
"Unevenness gets the audience attention."
Oct 19
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Sally Mann: Make many, many pictures
Most of them not very good.
Oct 16
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Larry Charles: Go to the forbidden places
"I was encouraged to break rules, to offend, to not worry about the results."
Oct 14
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Matt Ruby
Christoph Niemann: Convey the rhythm and texture
The artist explains what drawing can and can't do.
Oct 12
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Rainer Maria Rilke: Come close to nature
"Then, as if no one had ever tried before, try to say what you see and feel and love and lose."
Oct 9
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September 2025
Massimo Vignelli: Talk up to people
And train yourself to stay away from trends.
Sep 18
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Forget about likability
"If you start thinking about being likable you are not going to tell your story honestly."
Sep 16
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