"It's not generally realized that all writers, even the greatest, are also readers first and last."

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma—which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

No matter how good you get you can always get better, and that's the exciting part.

Data drives decisions, but don't be held hostage by data.