You have to remember that your work is something you do, not who you are. This is especially hard for artists to accept, as so much of what they do i… - Austin Kleon

You have to remember that your work is something you do, not who you are.

When you first get started, there's usually a big gap between what you are and what you want to be. If I'd waited to know who I was or what I was about before I started being creative, well I'd still be sitting around trying to figure myself out instead of making things. In my experience, it's in the act of making things and doing our work that we figure out who we are.

Draw the art you want to see, start the business you want to run, play the music you want to hear, write the books you want to read, build the products you want to use – do the work you want to see done.

The best advice is not to write what you know, it’s to write what you like. Write the kind of story you like best — write the story you want to read.