What people are afraid of isn't failure. It's blame. Criticism.
Do you believe in what you do? Every day? It turns out that belief happens to be a brilliant strategy.
Art is the work of a human, an individual seeking to make a statement, to cause a reaction, to connect. Art is something new, every time, and art might not work, precisely because it's new, because it's human and because it seeks to connect.
Following instructions is overrated.
Don’t do it because it’s your job, do it because you can.
The myth that the CEO is going to discover you and nurture you and ask you to join her for lunch is just that, a Hollywood myth.