James Fallows Quotes

Creativity has always depended on openness and flexibility, so let us hope for more of both in the future.

America's unique ability to change and be super flexible is pretty dope, man. It's pretty incredible. And that's what I want to contribute to.

My vision is a blend of the old school and the new school, but with zero rules.

I love having the impulsivity to change course. I think it's key to keeping things fresh.

Standardization leads to rigidity, and rigidity causes things to break.

Man must become comfortable in flowing from one role to another, one set of values to another, one life to another. Men must be free from boundaries, patterns and consistencies in order to be free to think, feel and create in new ways. Men have admired Prometheus and Mars too long; our God must become Proteus.

I like to leave a little room to innovate and change things around while I'm working.

A man's work is in danger of deteriorating when he thinks he has found the one best formula for doing it. If he thinks that, he is likely to feel that all he needs is merely to go on repeating himself . . . so long as a person is searching for better ways of doing his work, he is fairly safe.

The only principle that does not inhibit progress is: anything goes.

Strong communities ... embrace change. New discoveries require us to think differently and approach things differently, to think anew.

I will just create, and if it works, it works, and if it doesn't, I'll create something else. I don't have any limitations on what I think I could do or be.

I like the idea of experimenting with different kinds of formats, and I think you've got to keep on your toes and keep changing.

When you work with an actor and then you discover new things that are better, I think you gotta be free to be able to go with the new things that you're finding. I think that's very important. I have a strong idea when I go to shoot a movie but I also love to discover things when I'm on set as well.

I think it is fatal to specialize. And all kinds of things show us that and that the more diverse we are in what we can do, the better.

I believe that creativity comes from compromise. If you could have everything you ever wanted, it doesn't always work.

You can think and you can fight, but the world's always movin', and if you wanna stay ahead you gotta dance.

People who are not leaders automatically gravitate toward lines--limitations set by others. Many people are taught this in kindergarten when they are instructed to stay within the lines while coloring. But leaders are more creative than that. They look for options and opportunities. They try to take things in a new direction, or beyond the limit. Progress and innovation are made by people who think without lines.

Anything that you cannot sacrifice pins you. Makes you predictable, makes you weak.

My folks were very practical. They were also kind of able to think outside of the box. They were not going to let circumstance paralyze them. They knew sometimes you just had to take some new initiative. I think they passed that on to all of us... If you don't find a way, you make one.

I'm flying by the seat of my pants, never creating with a thought to what's up ahead!

It's now widely recognised that a diverse research group is usually stronger, more creative, and more robust and flexible. Such a group usually copes better in a downturn.

If I have to be 'the experimental guy' or whatever, then I'll roll with it.

I'm that type of person that loves change.

It doesn't ever hurt to try different stuff.

Innovation actually demands freedom and freedom demands innovation.