"Glengarry Glen Ross" is without doubt one of my favorite movies--it gets a 98% from Rotten Tomatoes (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/glengarry_glen_ross/) , and David Mamet is one of my favorite writers. There are so many memorable moments in this movie, but I can watch this brutal scene of Alec Baldwin as Blake railing at Jack Lemmon and Ed Harris over and over again. And I wouldn't ever attempt to rewrite Mamet, but in trying to relate these powerful words to my life, I keep thinking instead of A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Closing. Always be closing, I would say A-B-T, A-Always B-Be T-Tweaking. Always Be Tweaking.

I love creating, refining, making things come to life in a fluid and flexible way. It's very much like a journey, once you begin you know where you're going, but how you get there, the twists and turns you must take, are not always clearly defined. And I know so well that with each new twist and turn, something I hadn't thought of can become integral to the end product, making it richer in a way I hadn't anticipated from the start. So one thing I'm sure of is I enjoy the serendipity of the process, and if I can, I will avoid working for any Alec Baldwins. otherwise I may end up with a set of steak knives, or worse, a product with no soul.