You can't find your voice if you don't use it.

Show your work, and when the right people show up, pay close attention to them, because they'll have a lot to show you.

Collect books, even if you don't plan on reading them right away. Filmmaker John Waters has said, "Nothing is more important than an unread library."

If you’re worried about giving your secrets away, you can share your dots without connecting them.

Your brain gets too comfortable in your everyday surroundings. You need to make it uncomfortable. You need to spend some time in another land, among people that do things differently than you. Travel makes the world look new, and when the world looks new, our brains work harder.

Establishing and keeping a routine can be even more important than having a lot of time.

Copying is about reverse-engineering.