Quotes from Merlin Mann

Everything takes more time than you thought, everything costs more money than you thought, and almost everything turns out not quite as cool as you expected.

Being consistent is way less interesting than being yourself. And if you're not interesting? Good luck with your Big Consistency Project.

Feeling creative produces great work in approximately the same way that "feeling like a doctor" makes you a gifted thoracic surgeon.

Although your time and attention are finite, the demands on your time and attention are infinite.

Make the time to be scared of more interesting things.

Typing in all lowercase is popular among young people, SMS users, and anyone who feels literacy has become too time-consuming.

Creative work only seems like a magic trick to people who don't understand that it's ultimately still work.

A lot of the best work I've ever done started out as something completely different because I gave myself permission to have space around my time and expectations.

Like tornadoes and cold sores, good work happens with total disregard to whether I'm 'into it.'

Take it and Turn it