Clay Shirky Quotes

I really do like surprises. I'm not so talented at planning things out or having schedules before or sticking to the plan per se, but yeah I'm very much a spontaneous guy and it's sort of hard for me to multi-task and to have all these things going on at once.

I don't have a cell phone (though for years I've kept saying, "soon").

Cell phones are so convenient that they're an inconvenience.

To be happy in this world, first you need a cell phone and then you need an airplane. Then you're truly wireless.

I'm very spontaneous.

I'm a sort of in the moment, good on my feet kind of person.

I'm open to whatever. I think sometimes when people collaborate these days, it's a little bit convenient.

Cell phones have gotten so small, you can't tell who's a cell phone user and who's a schizophrenic.

I don't really have a routine. I make it up on the fly, or whatever feels right, I'll do.

It's good to plan, but you just never know.

I'm a Gemini, very spontaneous.

Phones are interesting objects. Sometimes you wish they just didn't exist.

Vice' came up really quickly. I was doing something else, and I got a call, and I said, 'Absolutely.' It wasn't a lot of time to prepare. I love a lot of lead-in time. But I jumped in.

I'm not one to make calculations, I'm spontaneous and I prefer it that way.

I'm a bit of a loose cannon, but it keeps everyone on their toes!

I never, ever deviate from my plans.

You just have to adapt to what is needed at that moment, whereas as coaches are going crazy, because they're used to having and following a schedule. Everything's laid out in front of them on when they're going to practice and when they're going to take a plane to this city.

In any case, I am not a great one to make plans for the future.

I like to keep things moving; when I say moving, I mean different. I like to keep things changing in my life all the time, so sometimes it might be drama; sometimes it might be drama. At some point, I might get the chance to do something musical.

I don't even own a cell phone.

I'm spontaneous. I jump in. I kind of like getting married and then getting to know each other; I know that it sounds incredibly strange, but to me, it's a more natural process.

That's what improvising is like for me. There's no tollbooth between my impulse and my action.

Sometimes travel is merely an opportunity taken when you can.

It may seem like improv because it flows quite naturally, and a little bit of leeway for improvisation is good, but you have to be judicious with it. So it's good, but sometimes people deify it. You can't improvise your way out of a paper hat.

With my own group I like to keep it loose. They have to counter rather than go with me. When they stop I like to be moving.