Meaningful quotes encountered yesterday

"What a wonderful world it would be if the simplistic view were accurate: that human beings need only negative consequences to teach them hard lessons. Then any number of fast-food franchises would be tickets to bankruptcy, the TV room would be a deserted spot in our homes, and the Portland Hotel [housing and harm-reduction facility for drug addicts] could reinvent itself as something more lucrative . . . ."
~Gabor Maté, "In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction"



And in a completely different vein...

"If we only show the truth, the film will not be as good."
~One of the creators of "Millennium Actress," in its "Making of" featurette

(So that one might not sound like much --- unless you're a self-flagellating perfectionist of a writer/artist who too often equates "accurate/correct" with "good".)



And, what the heck, this one was longer ago than yesterday, but worth it:

"I promise you, no matter how awful you think something is, at least one other person (besides you) is going to love it."
~Lea Hernandez

In fact, her entire "99 words on failing" from that post are golden:

"My best advice: if you're going to fail, FAIL BIG. Don't be afraid to. If the wheels come off the bus (and they probably will at least once, it's the lot of comickers and other storytellers and creatives), be a splashy (yet gracious and good-natured) disaster.
"I promise you, no matter how awful you think something is, at least one other person (besides you) is going to love it. And you'll learn from it."