“If you're doing creative work, that work should never feel trivial - e...” — Lydia Millet Quote

“If you're doing creative work, that work should never feel trivial - even if what you're doing is for hire or lightly intended. Even the mundane doesn't have to be trivial.”

“More than two million years ago, mammoths and Asian elephants took different evolutionary paths - and around the same time, according to DNA research, so did their lumbering relatives in Africa.”

“Economic and health statistics, as well as police-violence statistics, shed light on the pressures on American Indian communities and individuals: Indian youths have the highest suicide rate of any United States ethnic group.”

“What we call creative work, ought not to be called work at all, because it isn't. I imagine that Thomas Edison never did a day's work in his last fifty years.”

“Creative work is incredibly difficult, and that is where the tests lie.”

“At this point in my life, I like the security of a job, while still having time for my young son and to pursue other creative work.”