If you give a good idea to a mediocre group, they'll screw it up. If you give a mediocre idea to a good group, they'll fix it. Or they'll throw it away and come up with something else.

If you aren't experiencing failure, then you are making a far worse mistake: You are being driven by the desire to avoid it.

I love solving the problems of having groups work together and removing barriers. But to actually turn around and be in the center of that is an awkward place to be.

Creativity doesn't follow titles. It just comes from where it comes from.

You are not your idea, and if you identify too closely with your ideas, you will take offense when they are challenged.

I actually feel awkward being at the center of attention.

Every creative person can draft into service those around them who exhibit the right mixture of intelligence, insight, and grace.