There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.
Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can’t try to do things. You simply must do things.
You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do.
If you trust in yourself... and believe in your dreams... and follow your star... you’ll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren’t so lazy.
Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
The right thing to do and the hard thing to do are usually the same.
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
Imagination means nothing without doing.
I always finish what I start.
For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.
Successful people don’t have fewer problems. They have determined that nothing will stop them from going forward.
If not now, when?
The smallest of actions is always better than the noblest of intentions.
There is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
Success will be within your reach only when you start reaching out for it.
Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.