When you remove layers, simplicity and speed happen.
But what I hope for from a book - either one that I write or one that I read - is transparency. I want the story to shine through. I don't want to think of the writer.
I really like the idea of banality and repetition being used to generate the image, which are simple and unobstructed and not captivated by composition.
One of the joys of being at St. George is you were operating under the radar screen a lot of the time, and you could actually get on with things a lot more quickly and easily.
Liberty is the absence of impediments—barriers.
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.
Overall, 'Singularity' has a certain lightness to it compared to 'Immunity.' It's less closed off; it doesn't have that claustrophobic sound.
With good will for the entire cosmos, cultivate a limitless heart: above, below, and all around, unobstructed, without hostility or hate.
Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.
If there's nobody in your way, you're not going anywhere.
I'd rather have a part where you walk into a room and you leave. That's perfect for me.
The Father of Waters [the Mississippi River] again goes unvexed to the sea.
After the Confederate defeat at Vicksburg, VA, Lincoln wrote:
The Father of Waters again goes unvexed to the sea.
I like to keep things simple.
I learned that if you can proceed with a level of anonymity while still pursuing the thing you love, that's the dream.
Friendship embraces innumerable ends; turn where you will it is ever at your side; no barrier shuts it out; it is never untimely and never in the way.
There are no doors that we cannot unlock.
I was able to grow up and do silly things and have a life with only a small amount of public scrutiny.