Everything takes more time than you thought, everything costs more money than you thought, and almost everything turns out not quite as cool as you expected.

A priority is observed, not manufactured or assigned. Otherwise, it's necessarily not a priority.

Creative work only seems like a magic trick to people who don't understand that it's ultimately still work.

Distractions have never prevented a Writing Writer Who Writes from writing; distractions are an excuse proffered by Non-Writing Non-Writers Who are Not-Writing for why they are not writing.

People will always despise you if you end up doing less stupid BS than they choose to suffer.

Like tornadoes and cold sores, good work happens with total disregard to whether I'm 'into it.'

Email is such a funny thing. People hand you these single little messages that are no heavier than a river pebble. But it doesn't take long until you have acquired a pile of pebbles that's taller than you and heavier than you could ever hope to move, even if you wanted to do it over a few dozen trips. But for the person who took the time to hand you their pebble, it seems outrageous that you can't handle that one tiny thing.