Thinking can really be the enemy of action, and thinking can be the enemy of reality.

If you need to appear on an internet list to know whether you're someone's friend, you may have problems a computer can't solve.

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.

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

You got to be careful to not get too comfortable with incremental improvement. I think sometimes you just got to jump off a ledge.

Creative work, summarized: In the time you set aside each day to work your ass off, ignore anything that makes you consider stopping.