When you feel like you’ve learned whatever there is to learn from what you’re doing, it’s time to change course and find something new to learn so that you can move forward.

It’s very important to separate your work from the rest of your life. As my wife said to me, “If you never go to work, you never get to leave work.”

We all have to get over our “starving artist” romanticism and the idea that touching money inherently corrupts creativity.

You have to remember that your work is something you do, not who you are.

“Compulsive avoidance of embarrassment is a form of suicide.”

I come pre-hated. Take your best shot.”

The way to get over the awkwardness in these situations is to stop treating them as interrogations, and start treating them as opportunities to connect with somebody by honestly and humbly explaining what it is that you do.

You’re never “keeping it real” with your lack of proofreading and punctuation, you’re keeping it unintelligible.

Use spell-check. You’re never “keeping it real” with your lack of proofreading and punctuation, you’re keeping it unintelligible.