if you know the job you want, and you can’t find it, you can create it.

There’s a real beauty, and freedom, in acceptance.

we had tapped into the creative consciousness. I have always viewed ideas as energy, floating in and out of our minds and in the air around us. Whether or not we choose to harness that energy is what differentiates us.

creatives often need logistical and operational support so we can focus on being creative and not be eye-tortured by spreadsheets.

After the laughs and the raw fish and the Ferris wheel, we went back to his apartment and made out on his couch, listening to Van Morrison until dawn. My arm fell asleep about an hour in, but I didn’t say anything for fear of disrupting the kissing. When I finally got up to leave, it hurt to get my keys out of my purse.

You’re probably used to seeing creative types depicted as successful or suffering, one or the other. My story is both.

Just because you find a career that you love doesn’t mean you are tethered to it for life,

The concept of having a job that paid the bills and then pursuing your interests on nights and weekends seemed completely absurd to me.

When your intuition guides you to do something, don’t wonder why. Just do it and eventually you’ll find out.