Pain s the truth of art. Art is not a hobby or a pastime. It is the result of an internal battle royal, one between the quest for safety and the desire to matter.

In the long run, doing work that's important leads to more happiness than doing work that's merely profitable.

Loving what you do is almost as important as doing what you love, especially if you need to make a living at it.

If you can't make money from attention, you should do something else for a living.

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.

Some people read business books looking for confirmation. I read them in search of disquiet. Confirmation is cheap, easy and ineffective. Restlessness and the scientific method, on the other hand, create a culture of testing and inquiry that can't help but push you forward.

Change isn't made by asking permission. Change is made by asking forgiveness, later.