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“ That’s what interests me about The Doctor because, actually, look at the blood on the man’s hands. 900 years, countless very selfish choices, and he’s literally blown planets up. His own race, you know, that’s all on his hands. Which is why I think he has to make silly jokes and wear a fez. Because if he didn’t, he’d hang himself.
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Matt Smith speaking to The Nerdist

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Kurt Vonnegut on writing
  • INTERVIEWER:
    Could you put the theory into a few words?

  • VONNEGUT:
    It was stated by Paul Engle—the founder of the Writers’ Workshop at Iowa. He told me that, if the workshop ever got a building of its own, these words should be inscribed over the entrance: Don’t take it all so seriously.

  • INTERVIEWER:
    And how would that be helpful?

  • VONNEGUT:
    It would remind the students that they were learning to play practical jokes.

  • INTERVIEWER:
    Practical jokes?

  • VONNEGUT:
    If you make people laugh or cry about little black marks on sheets of white paper, what is that but a practical joke? All the great story lines are great practical jokes that people fall for over and over again.

crookedindifference: Where do good ideas come from?

How did Darwin develop some of his ideas? Why did YouTube burst onto the social media scene when it did? And how are those two developments connected?

In this segment of NPR Science Friday, we’ll talk with Steven Johnson, author of the book “Where Good Ideas Come From.” We’ll talk about how great ideas come to be, and what conditions help to foster creativity and spur advances in thought.

Very interesting look behind Steven Johnson’s new book.

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