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.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't want ever to be guilty of what my critics claim: doing formula without original elements.
I try not to do anything by formula.
If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already know it what does the formula teach me?
I was dyslexic, so math and formulas were not necessarily my strong suit.
I stray away from formulaic, the formatted.
Some things tend not to work so well for science - things that rely on substantial written contributions by key experts are a case in point - but even there I tend to keep an open mind, because it may just be a case of finding the right formula.
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 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.
The American formula things are out there but they don't have any stories to tell - we have all the stories to tell - but they're all formula.
Having a set, popular formula does inhibit you.