Creative work only seems like a magic trick to people who don't understand that it's ultimately still work.
Personally, it's changed my game - it's how I think now. Can't imagine writing more than a paragraph in anything that doesn't do MMD.
Never let the guy with the broom decide how many elephants can be in the parade.
Everything you agree to do is other things you can't do
If you want to make a chili, you're going to break some cows.
I think all of the best nonfiction that has ever been made comes from the result of someone who can't stop thinking about a certain topic - a very specific aspect of a certain topic in some cases. And second, they got really good at figuring out what they had to say about it.