“If the function of man is an activity of soul […] and if we say ‘a so-and-so’ and ‘a good so-and-so’ […] (e.g. a lyre player and a good lyre player), and so without qualification in all cases, eminence in respect of goodness being added to the name of the function (for the function of a lyre player is to play the lyre, and that of a good lyre player is to do so well) – if this is the case, and we state the function of man to be a certain kind of life, and this to be an activity or actions of the soul […], and the function of a good man to be the good and noble performance of these […] – if this is the case, human good turns out to be activity of soul exhibiting excellence.”

Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics I. 7

“We should all be producers. We should all have a say in what we experience.”

Don Norman

“One of my largest wishes is that we build Next from the heart… and the people who are thinking about coming to work for us, who are buying our products, or who want to sell us things, feel that.”

Steve Jobs

Break it down into manageable steps. Let’s kick this idea around. OK, now that we’ve kicked it around, what would you say your theme statement is? And that will help refine things. If that’s your assertion about reality, how are you going to demonstrate that? What sort of information do you need to gather that’s relevant to that? And so on, and so forth. If you do those things one at a time in a logical order, it’s much less intimidating.”

Jack Hart

Here’s some more writing tips on this site.

The great thing about [releasing In Rainbows for donations] was [the music industry] didn’t like it because this wasn’t about the money – it was about the spirit of the thing.

Obviously we hoped to make money out of it, but it’s not about being greedy. It’s getting that whole thing back: what’s exciting about music? It’s the spirit.”

Ed O’Brien of Radiohead

Thom: Given the choice I would never finish anything.

Dave: So you can’t work alone?

T: Well, it depends if you want me to finish something or not.”

Thom Yorke

One of the big things making the last record was how deeply un-self confident we were […] We didn’t trust in the process. We’ve got to trust more in the ‘it’ll be okay,’ you know, ‘we’re just working through something.’ We’ve got to trust that we’ve done some good stuff in the past and good stuff will still come.”

Ed O’Brien of Radiohead

You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it.”

Robin Williams