Quotes About Clarity

Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.

Problems look mighty small from 150 miles up.

A computer is not really like us. It is a projection of a very small part of ourselves: that portion devoted to logic, order, rule and clarity.

I have no problem with anyone being precise about small things.

Overwhelm is, most often, a mindset. If you think about all the things you have to do, you'll be face down on the floor. It really helps to break it down into smaller pieces.

I do better in life when my world seems a little smaller.

Half of being smart is knowing what you are dumb about.

Don't dumb it down. The audience is smart and gets what you are doing.

A lot of people who don't write for kids think it's easy, because they think kids aren't as smart as they are, or that you have to dumb down what you would normally write for kids. But I think you have to work harder when you write for kids, to make sure every word is right, that it's there for the right reason.

I started thinking about what I've always been interested in: how people can't see things that are right in front of them. All you have to do is read the papers to see endless examples of smart people who can't see the nose on their faces.

Most kids are smarter than most grown-ups. Kids see the world in black and white... They look through all the garbage and see a world run by fools and dullards and lazy people. And there's nothing they can do about it because they have no power.

I believe it's strikingly important to remember that when you know better, you can do better. With higher levels of awareness, you can make smarter choices. And the more clarity you get as to who you want to become, the quicker you can start making the choices need to get you there.

Keep it simple. Tell the truth. People can smell the truth.

I don't smoke. I don't drink. I don't do nothing, bro.

I don't drink, I don't take drugs, I don't smoke.

The greatest fight is when you are fighting in the smoke and cannot see with your eyes.

I don't smoke. I don't drink.

There's no smoke and mirrors here.

I get really flowery and verbose in my adult books, but I don't think I dumb down my Y.A. It's just cleaner and more snappy. And the adult books have multiple points-of-view. In my Y.A., it's always third person from the main character's perspective.

I'm not the first person to say this, but communication at 'SNL' - I don't want to say it's not good, but unless you ask questions, you will not know what's going on.

So many people have asked me if I am in a cult. I'm not in a cult.

It's amazing how confused and distracted and misdirected so many people are.

The world is a very noisy place and so I don't need to shout about things. There are so many people shouting and a lot of people get lost in it.

We often plough so much energy into the big picture, we forget the pixels.