My main motivation is not to get bored. I'm just hoping I get a vaguely maverick reputation.
Save the fleeting minute; learn gracefully to dodge the bore.
Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I'd rather be out playing.
The last thing you want to do is be a bore. When you wake up in the morning, give yourself a good mirror test. If you look like you’re going to be a sulking, pouting bore, slap yourself in the face before you go out to the office.
I never go anywhere without a book for fear of being stuck in line in front of the theater or strapped down in the dentist's chair and being bored witless. Thus, I read everywhere.
Isn’t ‘not to be bored’ one of the principal goals of life?
I don't ever want to be boring.
A lot of people ask me, 'What is your goal now that you have done everything?' And I always say that my goal is to not be bored by what I do. The only way that I cannot be bored by what I do is if I play something and it's all new to me.
It's what the Pixies always said about music - they were writing songs and just trying not to be boring. That was their main motivation and it worked for them. I remember reading that and thinking that was the way to do it.
I think a well-rounded education keeps us from being bored and boring!
The only rule I have found to have any validity in writing is not to bore yourself.
I just like spending time doing stuff so I don't get bored.
I have three pieces of advice I want you to remember: Don't ever grow up. Don't become a bore. Don't let The Man get to you.
