Feeling creative produces great work in approximately the same way that "feeling like a doctor" makes you a gifted thoracic surgeon.

Go a little easier on yourself, and in so doing, be prepared to make and do things that might seem silly at first. Just keep moving: don't ruminate and stare at the wall. Don't just play with your phone: go out and produce something.

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

Although your time and attention are finite, the demands on your time and attention are infinite.

Joining a Facebook group about creative productivity is like buying a chair about jogging.

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

A lot of the best work I've ever done started out as something completely different because I gave myself permission to have space around my time and expectations.