Tell me about your writing process.

My big thing is that I, things have to sit for me.

I think this is the biggest mistake people make. You write something and then

you should put it in a drawer and come back to it because only if you fall out of love with it and

forget about it, can you see what's wrong with it now to improve it?

How long of a cooling off? As long as I can. I mean you can't always, but if I can let it sit for

two weeks, I'm happy if I can let it sit for six months I'm even happier. Time is this

crucial element in the creative process and I feel we sometimes we fetishize this particular skill of doing something quickly and I think that's a mistake.

We shouldn't.

You shouldn't get points of being quick.

You should get points for like arranging your life such that you can take the appropriate amount of time for something

Malcolm Gladwell is a stone cold genius and a hysterical guy and an all-around great guy.

Every conversation I've ever had with him is just fun and enlightening.

He's just a prince of a guy.

No matter how much a claim he gets, the humility still comes through.

So let's go.

It's the man, the myth, the genius,

Malcolm Gladwell, on Toray Show. You're a great runner. You're a great runner. You run a five minute mile. That is astounding. Well, in my, I'm injured at the moment, but yes, I have, I take running very seriously.

How much do you run? How long, how often? Well, Well I'm old so I can't run every day I run maybe four or five times a week at most

and then how many miles? Longest run would be 9 or 10, but mostly it's shorter stuff.

9 or 2.

So how long, what, I'm just curious, how long does that take you to do your 9 or 10, 4 or five times a week? I run my mileage probably at you know

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