“If there is anything I love most, in the poems I love, it is the audible braiding of that bravery, that essential empty-handedness, and that willingness to be taken by surprise, all in one voice.” IfsPoetryVoiceTakenEssentialsEmptyBraverySurpriseWillingness Author:Jorie Graham
“I think the willingness to listen is really a matter of confidence. You can't be so superconfident in your abilities that you ignore what others say, and you can't be so diffident in your abilities that you think that if they say something, you will be so taken in that you will do the wrong thing. When you are confident about your abilities and also fully aware of what you don't know you are willing to listen to outside experts with the full sense that if you don't find it worthwhile you will ignore it.” IfsThinkingKnowsMatterAbilityTakenWillingListeningExpertsWillingnessWorthwhileWrong Things Author:Raghuram Rajan
“I've worked on films where the budgets are almost limitless and you're in trailers that are bigger than a hotel room. You're taken care of and the food is amazing, the quality of the job is amazing and then you work on smaller things but it never dictates my happiness or my willingness to go to work.” CareJobsFilmRoomsQualityTakenBiggerBudgetsHotelWillingnessLimitlessTrailersHotel Rooms Author:Dominic Monaghan