You don't win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training.

Art is what we do when we're truly alive.

Do your art. But don't wreck your art if it doesn't lend itself to paying the bills. That would be a tragedy.

What we most need in our lives, though, is something worth doing, worth it because we care.

What are you working on? If someone asks you that, are you excited to tell them the answer? If you're not, you're wasting away.

New fashions (of all sorts) come from unexpected places, not from the arbiters of what's correct.

So much easier to aim for the smallest possible audience, not the largest, to build long-term value among a trusted, delighted tribe, to create work that matters and stands the test of time.