“You can use any source of fuel to power your craft, right? Rage is a fuel source. Joy is a fuel source. Anger is a fuel source. Love is a fuel source. I find that love burns slower and longer. I need it to write musicals – they take a long time. Hamilton took me seven years; In The Heights took me seven years. I can’t write a musical on rage; I can write three angry tweets on rage, but I can’t sustain that kind of energy – that’s the fuel that blows up the ship. I feel worse at the end of the day; I’m too exhausted to go on. I need to write from a place of love.”
– Lin-Manuel Miranda in conversation with Common at the Obama Foundation Summit
Watch here: (39:25)
Lin-Manuel Miranda has the right idea – certain kinds of art can only be made if they’re fueled by love.
You can choose to make that kind of art.