The trouble with imaginative people is that we’re good at picturing the worst that could happen to us. - Austin Kleon

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

The thing is: It takes a lot of energy to be creative. You don’t have that energy if you waste it on other stuff.

In the end, merely imitating your heroes is not flattering them. Transforming their work into something of your own is how you flatter them. Adding something to the world that only you can add.