Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.
— Ira Glass
Posted March 28, 2013 at 10:42pm in quote Ira Glass beginners people wish creative work good taste gap make potential game killer disappoints phase quit interesting special normal deadline story ambitions figure fight
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May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful. And don’t forget to make some art – write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.
— Neil Gaiman
Posted March 21, 2013 at 9:48pm in quote Neil Gaiman year magic dreams good madness hope read fine books kiss thinks wonderful forget make art write draw build sing live surprise
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You are only going to be as good as the people you surround yourself with so be brave enough to let go of those who keep weighing you down.
— Unknown
When I first met her I knew in a moment I would have to spend the next few days re-arranging my mind so there’d be room for her to stay.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
Posted February 28, 2013 at 2:00pm in quote F. Scott Fitzgerald first met moment spend days mind stay
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Please be a traveler, not a tourist. Try new things, meet new people. and look beyond what’s right in front of you. Those are the keys to understanding this amazing world we live in.
— Andrew Zimmern
Posted February 10, 2013 at 2:00pm in quote Andrew Zimmern traveler tourist try new meet people look beyond keys understanding amazing world live
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The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now.
— Zig Ziglar
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
— Dalai Lama
Posted February 6, 2013 at 2:00pm in quote Hans F. Hansen nothing takes join crowd everything stand alone
