Great work is always shunned at first.

Make a decision. It doesn't have to be a wise decision or a perfect one. Just make one.

No niche is too small if it's yours.

Canoeing was hard and scary, and the wind could blow you across the lake if you did it wrong. After a year of not doing it right, I could talk to people and get them to sit up straight, take different kinds of chances, to breathe differently, to engage in the moment in the boat. And I changed them, and I changed me in the process.

As soon as you are willing to say 'it's not for you', you're freed up to make art.

The only long-term motivation is self motivation. So hire people who are self motivated and get out of their way.

I believe that uncertainty is really my spirit's way of whispering, I'm in flux. I can't decide for you. Something is off-balance here.