In other words, If you don't take action, you won't get any results You are not your resume, you are your work

The best experiences and the biggest ideas don't fit into a category. They change it.

Selling to people who actually want to hear from you is more effective than interrupting strangers who don't.

You don't make art after you become an artist. You become an artist by ceaselessly making art.

Be with the ones you love (and the ones that love you.) Ignore everyone else.

I wonder why anyone would hesitate to be generous with their writing. I mean, if you really want to make a living, go to Wall Street and trade oil futures ... We're writers. We're doing something that is inherently a generous act. We're exposing ourselves to the muse and to the things that frighten us. Why do that if you're not willing to be generous? And paradoxically, almost ironically, it turns out that the more generous you are, the more money you make. But that's secondary. For me, the privilege of being generous is why I get to do this.

Solving problems—actually solving them, not just claiming you do—solving perceived, urgent problems, is a surefire way to get the world to beat a path to your door.