Following instructions is overrated.

You don't become indispensable merely because you are different. But the only way to become indispensable is to be different. That's because if you're the same, so are plenty of other people.

Being an artist isn't a genetic disposition or a specific talent. It's an attitude we can all adopt. It's a hunger to seize new ground, make connections, and work without a map. If you do those things, you're an artist.

What if getting bigger isn't the point? What if you merely got better?

I made a decision to write for my readers, not to try to find more readers for my writing.

You have everything you need to build something far bigger than yourself.

Criticism comes to those who stand out.