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.

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.

It always feels too soon to leap. But you have to. Because that's the moment between you and remarkable.

Pain s the truth of art. Art is not a hobby or a pastime. It is the result of an internal battle royal, one between the quest for safety and the desire to matter.

Tell your lizard (brain) to shut up.

I intentionally abandoned the hard stuff early on because not only do I think it's useless, I think it's a distraction.

What evidence would you need to see to change your mind about this?