Getting picked is fine if it happens to you. But it's not a plan. It's a version of waiting and hoping.

The first rule of doing work that matters: Go to work on a regular basis.

Your peer group are people with similar dreams, goals and worldviews. They are people who will push you in exchange for being pushed, who will raise the bar and tell you the truth. They're not in your business, but they're in your shoes. Finding a peer group and working with them, intentionally and on a regular schedule, might be the single biggest boost your career can experience.

As creators, our pursuit of perfection might be misguided, particularly if it comes at the expense of the things that matter.

All the creativity books in the world aren’t going to help you if you’re unwilling to have lousy, lame, and even dangerously bad ideas.

It's far easier to put your future into someone else's hands than it is to slog your way forward, owning the results as you go.

This might end up in crying. If you're not prepared to cry about it, I'm not sure you're making art. And if you're not prepared to dance in anticipation, you're definitely not making art.