The risk of insult is the price of clarity.
A good story often increases the salability of an item without increasing its actual value.
Preparation, mastery, can help you overcome your fear, but mastery alone is not enough. There has to be something you want that’s worth more to you than your fear.
A meaningless statement remains meaningless no matter how often it's heard.
It is a lack of commitment, not a lack of talent, that damns you to mediocrity.
Have you heard of this new thing called the internet? It's giving people new expectations. It's allowing them to become their own expert. Knowledge lies anxious at their fingertips. Gloss over the truth in your advertising and you'll quickly be dismissed as a poser.