Successful people fail often, and, worth noting, learn more from that failure than everyone else.
The market and the consumer and idea trump the system.
All artists are entrepreneurs. All entrepreneurs are artists.
The future of publishing is about having connections to readers and the knowledge of what those readers want.
Art changes posture and posture changes innocent bystanders.
As soon as you are willing to say 'it's not for you', you're freed up to make art.