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I try not to do anything by formula.

You know, people come up with formulas who are uncreative. They can't picture something different so they can only go by something that's laid out for them.

I think everyone has a certain kind of formula in their life. When you deviate from that formula, you're going to fail big or you're gonna win big.

Calculation has its advantages, but no one likes naked calculation.

I don't want ever to be guilty of what my critics claim: doing formula without original elements.

I was dyslexic, so math and formulas were not necessarily my strong suit.

Culturally, I think we have operated as if we had the formula figured out, and it was all about optimizing, in its various constituent parts, the formula. Now it is about discovering the new formula.

I'd rather experiment than follow the same formula. I'm a curious person. It's gotten me into trouble, but I say, 'Why not? Let's try it.'