History is the fiction we invent to persuade ourselves that events are knowable and that life has order and direction.

Careful. We don't want to learn from this.

What fun is it being cool if you can't wear a sombrero?

-You can't just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood. -What mood is that? -Last-minute panic.

Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants won't help.

History is the fiction we invent to persuade ourselves that events are knowable and that life has order and direction.