Art is theft”) and Igor Stravinsky (“Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal”), I’ve always stolen from the people I admire – not plagiarized, mind you, but stolen bits of ideas and stylistic influences. If you steal widely enough, after all, your models are inevitably changed and the result is in the end completely yours. Kleon cites André Gide to this point, in a quotation I love: “Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But, since no one was listening, everything must be said again.

That’s the thing you have to understand about the whole process of art (or the work that we do) – you’re only half of the equation. It’s an interaction between you and the person who’s going to experience the work. The person who’s going to experience the work is bringing just as much to it and is just as important as you are.

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

Unless you are actually a ninja, a guru, or a rock star, don't ever use any of those terms in your bio. Ever.

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

We found the future, like birds fly into windows.

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