...she (the artist, the writer) doesn't wait for inspiration, she acts in the anticipation of its apparition.

We feed it [Resistance] with power by our fear of it. Master that fear and we conquer Resistance.

A horse must be a bit mad to be a good cavalry mount, and its rider must be completely so.

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

But nothing really clicked for me until I gave up completely on hitting the overlap and just did what I loved, even when I thought nobody else in the world would be interested.

As all born teachers, he was primarily a student.

The professional respects his craft. He does not consider himself superior to it. He recognizes the contributions of those who have gone before him. He apprentices himself to them.