With any work worth its salt, you have to trust the author enough to take its measure. And if you apply too many preconceptions, you are not taking its measure. – Art Spiegelman
Its just an unhealthy way to approach something, trying to outdo your last thing. Youve gotta trust evolution, youve gotta trust that the bar is moving, that you dont need to force the bar. Itll just happen. – Johnny Knoxville