Creative work only seems like a magic trick to people who don't understand that it's ultimately still work.

Joining a Facebook group about creative productivity is like buying a chair about jogging.

Where you allow your attention to go ultimately says more about you as a human being than anything that you put in your mission statement.

Priorities Are Like Arms; If You Think You Have More Than A Couple, You’re Either Lying Or Crazy.

Everything takes more time than you thought, everything costs more money than you thought, and almost everything turns out not quite as cool as you expected.

Workflow is understanding your job, understanding your tools, and then not thinking about it any more.

Never let the guy with the broom decide how many elephants can be in the parade.

People with tiny glasses and costly shoes can always find a couple of hours to explain how you did it all wrong.

Feeling creative produces great work in approximately the same way that "feeling like a doctor" makes you a gifted thoracic surgeon.

People will always despise you if you end up doing less stupid BS than they choose to suffer.

Thinking can really be the enemy of action, and thinking can be the enemy of reality.

... one fire burns out another’s burning.One pain is lessened by another’s anguish. -Romeo & Juliet

The strictest judges are ignorant people.

The basis lies in the idea that if you're kind to others, good things will happen to you.

View health as an investment, not an expense.

It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now.

Do nothing in haste; look well to each step; and from the beginning think what may be the end.

It is no disgrace to rest a bit.

To be a champion, you have to learn to handle stress and pressure. But if you've prepared mentally and physically, you don't have to worry.

Rhetoric is nothing but reason well dressed and argument put in order.

Though God alone never tastes woe, Yet that man is happy, and poets sing of him, Who conquers with hand or swift foot And wins the greatest of prizes By steadfastness and strength.