Look at a toddler. Toddlers are boring - they run around, you have to watch them, you know - so we put them in high chairs. And we give them Cheerios. And then the toddler throws the Cheerios and eats the Cheerios and the Cheerios are exhausted. So, then we give them our keys. And you know what they do with our keys - after they put them in their mouth, of course? Toss them on the ground. And then they look at them, and we pick them up. And they toss them on the ground again. And we look at them like they’re crazy, because we know what’s going to happen with the keys. When they let go of them, they’re going to fall on the ground. But toddlers haven’t figured out gravity yet. And that’s the childlike wonder I’m talking about. For toddlers, there’s always a chance that those keys aren’t going to hit the ground. There’s a chance that they’ll go up.

I’ve always said: if you’ve got a kid under the age of four and you need to throw him a birthday party, don’t hire a magician. He could be the best magician on earth - he could levitate, could light himself on fire. Don’t do it. Because toddlers are thinking: big deal. I expect to burst into flames at any minute.

- Michael Martone, on writing.

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