Jeff Bell

“When you smile, you knock me out, I fall apart - and I thought I was so smart.”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton: The Revolution

“...there are no shortcuts to excellence. Developing real expertise, figuring out really hard problems, it all takes time―longer than most people imagine....you've got to apply those skills and produce goods or services that are valuable to people....Grit is about working on something you care about so much that you're willing to stay loyal to it...it's doing what you love, but not just falling in love―staying in love.”
― Angela Duckworth, Grit: Passion, Perseverance, and the Science of Success

“We all just want to be people, and none of us know what that really means.”
― Jeff VanderMeer, Borne

“I think to be believed—onstage or on-screen—is the one hope that all actors share. Which one of us, anywhere in the world, doesn’t yearn to be believed when the audience is watching?”
― Gene Wilder, Kiss Me Like A Stranger: My Search for Love and Art