The hero wanders, the hero suffers, the hero returns. You are that hero.

When we see others beginning to live their authentic selves, it drives us crazy if we have not lived out our own.

You are a writer when you tell yourself you are. No one else's opinion matters. Screw them. You are when you say you are.

If you find yourself asking yourself (and your friends), "Am I really a writer? Am I really an artist?" chances are you are. The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.

A child has no trouble believing the unbelievable, nor does the genius or the madman. It’s only you and I, with our big brains and our tiny hearts, who doubt and overthink and hesitate.

Don't prepare. Begin. Our enemy is not lack of preparation. The enemy is resistance, our chattering brain producing excuses. Start before you are ready.

The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.