In order to succeed spectacularly you have to be willing to fail spectacularly.
I'm curious about writing in the age of online publishing. Because nobody cares about good writing online.
I haven't been paying attention to politics long enough to have really smart opinions.
I never even graduated college. I never finished learning, as it were, and I have a psychological need to be in a learning environment at all times.
Have confidence in your ideas before they even exist.
Creativity is an infinitely renewable resource - you are not going to run out of it - so don't be afraid to use it.