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Don’t get cute. Don’t brag. Just state the facts.
“Whatever we say, we’re always talking about ourselves.”
The minute you learn something, turn around and teach it to others.
“Make people better at something they want to be better at.”
“When people realize they’re being listened to, they tell you things.”
They don’t want to pay their dues,
the world owes none of us anything.
They can’t find the time to be interested in anything other than themselves.
cosmic.”
you want to be accepted by a community, you have to first be a good citizen of that community.
Don’t talk to people you don’t want to talk to, and don’t talk about stuff you don’t want to talk about.
If you want to be interesting, you have to be interested.
Make stuff you love and talk about stuff you love and you’ll attract people who love that kind of stuff. It’s that simple.
Don’t be creepy. Don’t be a jerk. Don’t waste people’s time. Don’t ask too much. And don’t ever ever ask people to follow you.
“Whatever excites you, go do it. Whatever drains you, stop doing it.”
“Knuckleballers don’t keep secrets. It’s as if we have a greater mission beyond our own fortunes. And that mission is to pass it on, to keep the pitch alive.”
These are your real peers—the people who share your obsessions, the people who share a similar mission to your own, the people with whom you share a mutual respect.
“It’s all about paying attention. Attention is vitality. It connects you with others.”
Take a deep breath and accept whatever comes.
“The trick is not caring what EVERYBODY thinks of you and just caring about what the RIGHT people think of you.”
You want feedback from people who care about you and what you do.
have a pretty good mental firewall that filters what I let get to me.
Everybody says they want artists to make money, and then when they do, everybody hates them for it.
infrequent updates.
Don’t betray their trust and don’t push your luck. Build your list and treat it with respect.
“We don’t make movies to make money, we make money to make more movies.”
the people who don’t want things to ever change.
a life of creativity is all about change—moving
If an opportunity comes along that will allow you to do more of the kind of work you want to do, say Yes. If an opportunity comes along that would mean more money, but less of the kind of work you want to do, say No.
You just have to be as generous as you can, but selfish enough to get your work done.
“Above all, recognize that if you have had success, you have also had luck—and with luck comes obligation. You owe a debt, and not just to your gods. You owe a debt to the unlucky.”
recharge and get inspired again.
“Anyone who isn’t embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn’t learning enough,”
