So go on, get angry. But keep your mouth shut and go do your work.

You are, in fact, a mashup of what you choose to let into your life.

You are, in fact, a mashup of what you choose to let into your life. You are the sum of your influences. The German writer Goethe said, "We are shaped and fashioned by what we love."

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.

The only way to find your voice is to use it

Become a documentarian of what you do.

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