Creating art is a habit, one that we practice daily or hourly until we get good at it

If you have a book to write, write it. If you want to record an album, record it. No need to wait for someone in a cubicle halfway across the country to decide if you're worthy.

The question is not Will you succeed? but rather, Will you matter?

The big win is when you refuse to settle for average or mediocre.

The challenge with being an initiator of projects is that you are never, ever done.

We live in a vague world. And it gets vaguer all the time. In this environment, the power of the specific, measurable and useful promise made and kept is difficult to overstate.

Life is like skiing. Just like skiing, the goal is not to get to the bottom of the hill. It's to have a bunch of good runs before the sun sets.