No One Has Ever Built A Statue

A Bully Is Playing A Game, One That He Or She Enjoys And Needs. You're Welcome To Play This Game If It Makes You Happy, But For Most People, It Will Make You Miserable.

You Can't Shrink Your Way To Greatness!

Ideas Aren't A Sideshow That Make Our Factory A Little More Valuable. Our Factory Is A Sideshow That Makes Our Ideas A Little More Valuable!

The Biggest Takeaway For Anyone Seeking To Write Is This: Don't Go Looking For The Way Other Authors Do Their Work. You Won't Find Many Who Are Consistent Enough To Copy, And There Are Enough Variations In Approach That It's Obvious That It's Not Like Hitting Home Runs Or Swinging A Golf Club. There Isn't A Standard Approach, There's Only What Works For You (and What Doesn't).

Art Is What We Call...the Thing An Artist Does. It's Not The Medium Or The Oil Or The Price Or Whether It Hangs On A Wall Or You Eat It. What Matters, What Makes It Art, Is That The Person Who Made It Overcame The Resistance, Ignored The Voice Of Doubt And Made Something Worth Making. Something Risky. Something Human. Art Is Not In The ...eye Of The Beholder. It's In The Soul Of The Artist.