How does passion play into invention?
Passion has elements of fierceness and joy. It has elements of obsessions swirled around in it. Passion is something you may almost do excessively, but you do for the reasons of joy and pain that come with it. The word is so debased in language and commercials that I’m almost reluctant to even say it anymore. But yes, I have a passion for the moving camera. I love what happens when you move a lens someplace it hasn’t moved before, or in a way it hasn’t moved before. And that, fortunately, is a place I’ve been fortunate to slide into here and there and do things. Why do some inventions succeed and others fail? An invention fails if it doesn’t deliver something that somebody wants… There are lots of inventions that are simply not sufficiently wanted or needed, and they’re a great waste of time and money. There are other inventions [when] you have an aching need and want for something — and the damn invention doesn’t quite do it well enough. That’s frustrating as well. What’s the balan
