I’m not very creative” doesn’t work. There’s no such thing as creative people and non-creative people. There are only people who use their creativity and people who don’t. Unused creativity doesn’t just disappear. It lives within us until it’s expressed, neglected to death, or suffocated by resentment and fear.

Maybe stories are just data with a soul.

Courage originally meant "To speak one's mind by telling all one's heart

Think about what’s pleasurable, not just what’s possible.

Nothing is as uncomfortable, dangerous and hurtful as believing that I'm standing on the outside of my life looking in and wondering what it would be like if I had the courage to show up and let myself be seen.

I think that shame is a universal, paralyzing, painful emotion.

Vulnerability is the cornerstone of confidence.