To be a nemesis, you have to actively try to destroy something, don't you? Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect.
I do try to separate my personal activism - showing up at a demonstration or something - from what I write.
No idea should be discarded completely, but - as one might imagine - it does take a degree of ingenuity to find a new spin on something as hackneyed as the 'Adam and Eve' story. But if you think you've got the chops for it, there's no reason not to try.
They wanted to try this outpatient chemo, and I said no problem. I was adamant. I didn't want to miss any games. It's where I'm supposed to be, and I wanted to be there.
There's no real excuse for being successful enough as an actor to do what you want and then selling out. You do it pure. You don't try to adapt it, make it commercial.
You don't know what's going to happen in our business a year from now... so you have to be flexible and adaptable, and that's what we try to do.
When I looked at the addictive qualities of video games and how they captivate people's attention, I decided to try the same technology for enhancing well-being.
I read papers, try to watch news programs on television, but, as a rule, recorded. During the day I have no time for that, so I watch something taped. As for the newspapers, I try to get through them every day. Additionally, of course, I look through news bulletins.
My task over the last two years hasn't just been to stop the bleeding. My task has also been to try to figure out how do we address some of the structural problems in the economy that have prevented more Googles from being created.
I try to look at people like Adele and Norah Jones, who are very successful but don't have to deal with scandals.
To be able to produce many varieties of sound, now that is what I call technique, and that is what I try to do. I don't adhere to any methods, because I simply don't believe in them. I think each pianist must ultimately carve his own way, technically and stylistically.
I try to manage my day by my circadian rhythms because the creativity is such an elusive thing, and I could easily just stomp over it doing my administrative stuff.
Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But by all means, try something.
We shall act with good intentions, but at times we will be wrong. When we are, let us admit it and try to right the situation.
It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
At times in my life, I have been utterly lonely. At other times, I've had disgusting infectious diseases. Try admitting these things in our culture.
Even when there are adverse circumstances, I try to do my job. And I usually do.
The process of selecting the tone on the guitar is an aesthetic process like any other, so you try a lot of different things.
I try to think of myself as a chic fishing grandpa aesthetically.
Now if there is one thing that we do worse than any other nation, it is try and manage somebody else's affairs.