It takes nothing to encourage an artist.
We love dirty oral on the Down Low, but no going steady.
I'm always cribbing from real life. I'm not a very creative filmmaker.
I say what other people won't.
I think the advent of the Internet gave us all a big boost, because by the time the Internet became mainstream and you could get it in your home, a lot of us were used to dealing in fan culture, writing to magazines or anything at the back of comic books.
There's something to be said for failing. It's not the failure you feel, it's the failure that people project when something disappoints. You're back to ground zero, where there's no expectations, and that's where I like to be.