Defending mediocrity is exhausting.

Don't wait to be picked. Pick yourself.

If it's work, we try to figure out how to do less, If it's art, we try to figure out how to do more

The universal truth is beyond question-the only people who excel are those who have decided to do so.

No one ever gets talker's block. No one wakes up in the morning, discovers he has nothing to say, and sits quietly, for days or weeks, until the muse hits, until the moment is right, until all the craziness in his life has died down.

Perhaps your challenge isn't finding a better project or a better boss. Perhaps you need to get in touch with what it means to feel passionate. People with passion look for ways to make things happen.

Sooner or later, many idealists transform themselves into disheartened realists who mistakenly believe that giving up is the same thing as being realistic.