We Don’t Go On Because We’re Ready

There’s a great quote from SNL Producer Lorne Michaels on creative process and product.

“We don’t go one because we’re ready. We go on because it’s eleven thirty.”

Who knows when creative work is done. It’s hard to tell. We can always tweak something. Sometimes we overwork a piece and then we need to tweak to get it back in balance. The fun part is the tweaking, the editing. Try this, try that. Oh that sucks. Oh that there has something. Keep trying. And then it’s show time. Did we make it? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. But there’s always another show.