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“The show doesn’t go on because it’s ready; it goes on because it’s 11:30.
This is something Lorne [Michaels] has said often about Saturday Night Live, but I think it’s a great lesson about not being too precious about your writing. You have to try your hardest to be at the top of your game and improve every joke you can until the last possible second, and then you have to let it go.
You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute. (And I’m from a generation where a lot of people died on waterslides, so this was an important lesson for me to learn.) You have to let people see what you wrote. It will never be perfect, but perfect is overrated. Perfect is boring on live TV.
What I learned about ‘bombing’ as an improviser at Second City was that bombing is painful, but it doesn’t kill you. No matter how badly an improv set goes, you will still be physically alive when it’s over. What I learned about bombing as a writer at Saturday Night is that you can’t be too worried about your ‘permanent record.’ Yes, you’re going to write some sketches that you love and are proud of forever—your golden nuggets. But you’re also going to write some real shit nuggets. And unfortunately, sometimes the shit nuggets will make it onto the air. You can’t worry about it. As long as you know the difference, you can go back to panning for gold on Monday.”
― Bossypants
This is something Lorne [Michaels] has said often about Saturday Night Live, but I think it’s a great lesson about not being too precious about your writing. You have to try your hardest to be at the top of your game and improve every joke you can until the last possible second, and then you have to let it go.
You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute. (And I’m from a generation where a lot of people died on waterslides, so this was an important lesson for me to learn.) You have to let people see what you wrote. It will never be perfect, but perfect is overrated. Perfect is boring on live TV.
What I learned about ‘bombing’ as an improviser at Second City was that bombing is painful, but it doesn’t kill you. No matter how badly an improv set goes, you will still be physically alive when it’s over. What I learned about bombing as a writer at Saturday Night is that you can’t be too worried about your ‘permanent record.’ Yes, you’re going to write some sketches that you love and are proud of forever—your golden nuggets. But you’re also going to write some real shit nuggets. And unfortunately, sometimes the shit nuggets will make it onto the air. You can’t worry about it. As long as you know the difference, you can go back to panning for gold on Monday.”
― Bossypants

“You read too much and understand too little.”
― The Shadow Rising
― The Shadow Rising

“Vào thời kỳ mà chúng ta đang nói tới ấy thì các thành phố bị bao phủ bởi một thứ mùi hôi mà con người văn minh ngày nay không thể hình dung nổi. Ðường sá hôi mùi phân, sân sau hôi mùi nước tiểu, cầu thang hôi mùi gỗ mủn và phân chuột, bếp hôi mùi bắp cải thối và mỡ cừu; những căn phòng đọng khí hôi mùi bụi lưu cữu, buồng ngủ hôi mùi khăn giường nhơn nhớt, mùi nệm nhồi lông ẩm ướt và mùi ngọt hăng của bô nước tiểu. Ống khói hôi mùi lưu huỳnh, lò thuộc da hôi mùi dung dịch kiềm, lò mổ hôi mùi máu đông. Người hôi mùi mồ hôi và áo quần lâu không giặt; miệng hôi mùi răng sâu; từ bao tử tỏa ra mùi hành và khi cơ thể không còn trẻ trung nữa thì hôi mùi pho mát ôi, mùi sữa chua và mùi ung nhọt. Sông hôi, quảng trường hôi, nhà thờ hôi, gầm cầu hôi mà cung điện cũng hôi. Người nông dân cũng hôi như vị linh mục; gã học việc cũng hôi như vợ người thợ cả; toàn giới quý tộc hôi; phải, ngay cả đức vua cũng hôi như một con thú dữ còn hoàng hậu hôi như một con dê già, mùa hè cũng như mùa đông...”
― Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
― Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
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