Economic research should aim to inform real-world decision-making.

Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.

It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than 10 functions on 10 data structures.

"The past is always tense, the future perfect."

Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.