By my definition, most art has nothing to do with oil paint or marble. Art is what we're doing when we do our best work.

You can't shrink your way to greatness!

Criticism comes to those who stand out.

Great stories agree with our worldview. The best stories don't teach people anything new. Instead the best stories agree with what the audience already believes and makes the members of the audience feel smart and secure when reminded how right they were in the thirst place.

The enemy of creativity... is fear. We're all born creative, it takes a little while to become afraid. A surprising insight: an enemy of fear is creativity. Acting in a creative way generates action, and action persuades the fear to lighten up.

The only thing all successful people have in common is that they're successful, so don't waste your time copying "the successful strategies" of others.

Strategic quitting is the secret of successful organizations