Customer needs always come first; everything else is secondary.
Literature isn’t a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority of a voice, not the purity of a soul.
The function of the artist is to disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed.
The only way you are going to have success is to love what you are doing.
Love is the most powerful force in the world.
Leadership is about leaving a legacy, not just a balance sheet.