Amateurs know that contributing something is better than contributing nothing.

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

The only way to find your voice is to use it. It’s hardwired, built into you. Talk about the things you love. Your voice will follow.

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.

In order to be found, you have to be findable.

Every artist gets asked the question, 'Where do you get your ideas?' The honest artist answers, 'I steal them.'

There's a balance between what you want to give the world and what it needs. If you're lucky, your work is in the middle.