If your writing doesn’t risk offending anyone, rewrite it. - Taylin John Simmonds

The question isn't whether you have the discipline to do your life's work.

It's whether you have the ruthlessness to remove everything that isn't it.

There’s a kind of intelligence that can’t be graded.
The ability to teach yourself what you need, when you need it. To notice what pulls you in and follow it before anyone gives you permission.
Stop waiting for someone to assign you the right path. Teach yourself.

The best reason to make money:
So you never have to ask anyone for permission again.