The best advice is not to write what you know, it's to write what you like.

Be nice. (The world is a small town.)

Genealogy of ideas. You don’t get to pick your family, but you can pick your teachers and you can pick your friends and you can pick the music you listen to and you can pick the books you read and you can pick the movies you see.

Pretend to be making something until you actually make something.

In the end, creativity isn’t just the things we choose to put in, it’s the things we choose to leave out.

School is one thing. Education is another. The two don’t always overlap. Whether you’re in school or not, it’s always your job to get yourself an education.

If you want fans, you have to be a fan first.