Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable.
Take your work seriously, but never yourself.
There is no way anything of value can be done without some framework. It might well be that the framework is discarded or the rules opposed; that is not important. What is essential is that they exist so that one knows when one is in opposition to them.
I have never wanted to live to be old, so old I'd run out of friends or money.
...wherever one is, some part of oneself remains on another continent.
Minor things can become moments of great revelation when encountered for the first time.