You get to keep making art as long as you are willing to make the choices that let you make your art.

The object isn't to be perfect. The goal isn't to hold back until you've created something beyond reproach. I believe the opposite is true. Our birthright is to fail and to fail often, but to fail in search of something bigger than we can imagine. To do anything else is to waste it all.

Anxiety is experiencing failure in advance. Tell yourself enough vivid stories about the worst possible outcome of your work and you'll soon come to believe them. Worry is not preparation, and anxiety doesn't make you better.

If you can raise money, you're never going to have trouble getting a job.

Saying no to loud people gives you the resources to say yes to important opportunities.

Set up a life you don't need to escape from.

There's no shortage of great ideas. There's a shortage of execution.