The Horror, The Horror: Perfectionism. 26 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am

The Dweebs. The Dweebs. Perfectionism is the downside of Type-A. While a great starting point, and wonderful instinct, the drive to get things absolutely 100% right in every gory detail is also a curs...

Pantheon: Sigourney Weaver. 25 Aug 2013 | 09:59 am

I need a woman about twice my height. Statuesque. Raven-tressed. A goddess of the night. --John Barlow and Bob Wier, "I Need a Miracle" Patrician. Five foot eleven. Stanford and Yale. 63 years ol...

Llewellyn: "You expect me to tell you that you should be earnest about your work." 24 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am

Karl Nickerson Llewellyn You expect me to tell you that you should be earnest about your work, and get your back into it for dear old Siwash, and that he who lets work slide will stumble by the way. ...

Writing Well: The Editor 23 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am

I have performed the necessary butchery. Here is the bleeding corpse. --Henry James (1843-1916), after a request by the Times Literary Supplement to cut 3 lines from a 5,000 word article.

Heroes: Robert Lee Frost (1874-1963). 23 Aug 2013 | 09:59 am

You think you're scrappy, resourceful, resilient and tough? Robert Frost spent his life as a poet, student, teacher, newspaper reporter, farmer, factory worker, father, husband, plugger and accomplish...

Inspiration: You have to go after it with a club. 22 Aug 2013 | 05:38 am

She's got wonderful eyes. And a whiskey mouth.

Best Books on Lawyering: Mark Herrmann's "The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law". 20 Aug 2013 | 08:19 am

When you finally do take a deposition, I want you to remember two things... --Mark Herrmann, page 59, Chapter 6: "Seven Hours Locked in a Room." A few years ago, while I was preparing for a two-week...

Tintern Abbey 18 Aug 2013 | 11:33 pm

The River Wye at Tintern Abbey, 1805, Philip James Loutherbourg.

Best Books on Lawyering: Karl Llewellyn's The Bramble Bush (1930). 18 Aug 2013 | 03:46 pm

6 Place Paul Painlevé, 5th arrondissement 18 Aug 2013 | 09:59 am

Hôtel de Cluny, Left Bank