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

The key to getting a reputation for being brilliant is actually being brilliant, not just acting like you are.

One way to sell a consumer something in the future is simply to get his or her permission in advance.

Now, before sliced bread was invented in the 1910s I wonder what they said? Like the greatest invention since the telegraph or something. But... the thing about the invention of sliced bread is this - that for the first 15 years after sliced bread was available no one bought it; no one knew about it; it was a complete and total failure.

Now for the first time, you can choose yourself. You can be responsible for what you do and how you do it. You have to do the hard work of finding and pleasing an audience.

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

Nine years of experience is very different from one year of experience, nine times.