Always know where your inputs come from. When you stop re-analyzing them and go output-only, you get excessively eetee.

Never accept anything as truth if there's no solid proof behind it. Be willing to say, "That's a very pretty idea, and I like it, and I can provisionally accept it as a nice idea pending further data."

Go back over your old influences, to find out where your ideas came from. Watch it, read it, record what you're taking in. Each new reading, each time you re-input the input that you took when you weren't aware of it, you become more aware of the things you didn't know you thought all along. And then you can ask yourself if, really, a sitcom about a dysfunctional family was the best place to pick up the Rules of Interaction between mates. Watch and read all the trash you want, but keep track of it so you can use it to debug later.

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