Mac Rost

“If you’re that rare engineer who’s an inventor and also an artist, I’m going to give you some advice that might be hard to take. That advice is: Work alone. You’re going to be best able to design revolutionary products and features if you’re working on your own. Not on a committee. Not on a team.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“Long or short, if you worry about every step of a journey, you will divide it endlessly into pieces, any one of which may defeat you. Look only to the end.”
― Robin Hobb, The Complete Liveship Traders Trilogy: Ship of Magic, The Mad Ship, Ship of Destiny

“The television show from inside the spacecraft would be even worse, with the happy, cocky Americans showing off for their countrymen back home—and showing up the people of Russia.”
― Jeffrey Kluger, Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon

“Put ice water in a saucepan and cook it. The water temperature will stay at 0°C until the last ice cube melts.”
― Andy Weir, Artemis