One of the problems with posing a 'bold new plan' is that you can't just extrapolate from previous plans.
It is always impossible to expect things getting done in 90 days.
Though I have an idea about the climax, it always changes when we start shooting.
The more the planners, the worse the plans.
Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.
Whatever plan one makes, there is a hidden difficulty somewhere.
When you're making a reality show, you can't even plan a week ahead now.
When we go out to the university, the professors always say, 'Tell these students about your five-year plan and your 10-year plan,' and I say, 'Gee, we're lucky if we have a year plan.'
I admit, I'm suspicious of any career planning that involves chasing the next 'big thing,' just because it's so hard to predict what the next big thing is going to be a couple of years - or even six months - out.
Honestly, who knows 100 per cent what they will do next year?
I loathe having a fragile brain and knowing as I make any plan that I should provide for the possibility that my mind may betray me at short notice.
We've never been good at long-term plans.
Obviously it always takes longer to finish an album than you think it will. That's always going to be the case. Everything takes longer than you think it will. Occasionally things happen fast.
Unfortunately, opera engagements tend to be made five years in advance, and I don't really agree with that.
