The way I understand gifts is that the giver must make a sacrifice, create an uneven exchange, bring himself closer to the recipient, create change and do it all with the right spirit.

The goal is to be on the hook, not to let someone else do the scary parts.

Faced with the opportunity to become the category of one, we almost always hesitate, almost always compromise, almost always dumb it down to play it a little bit safer

The challenge with being an initiator of projects is that you are never, ever done.

Artists are people with a genius for finding a new answer, a new connection, or a new way of getting things done.

Is it worth getting one more tweet out, or putting your phone down and doing something that is worth tweeting?

The question isn’t whether or not you should wait to be picked, the question is whether you care enough to pick yourself.