Just imagine how much you'd get done if you stopped actively sabotaging your own work.

Without people pushing against your quest to do something worth talking about, it's unlikely to be worth the journey. Persist.

You get to keep making art as long as you are willing to make the choices that let you make your art.

And the reason is that until Wonder came along and figured out how to spread the idea of sliced bread, no one wanted it. That the success of sliced bread... is not always about what the patent is like, or what the factory is like - it's about can you get your idea to spread, or not.

Developing expertise or assets that are not easily copied is essential; otherwise you're just a middleman.

A bully is playing a game, one that he or she enjoys and needs. You're welcome to play this game if it makes you happy, but for most people, it will make you miserable.

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