Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another.

All the creativity books in the world aren’t going to help you if you’re unwilling to have lousy, lame, and even dangerously bad ideas.

You can listen to what people say, sure. But you will be far more effective if you listen to what people do.

The status quo is persistent and resistant. It exists because everyone wants it to. Everyone believes that what they've got is probably better than the risk and fear that come with change.

If you're not willing to get your 'worst one ever' out of the way, how will you possibly do better than that?

It's not an accident that successful people read more books.

The secret of getting on the shortlist is doing your best work fearlessly for a long time before you get on the list.