The pain of making the necessary sacrifices always hurts more than you think it's going to. I know. It sucks. That being said, doing something seriously creative is one of the most amazing experiences one can have, in this or any other lifetime. If you can pull it off, it's worth it. Even if you don't end up pulling it off, you'll learn many incredible, magical, valuable things. It's NOT doing it when you know you full well you HAD the opportunity- that hurts FAR more than any failure.
Get away from the crowd when you can. Keep yourself to yourself, if only for a few hours daily.
You must not think me necessarily foolish because I am facetious, nor will I consider you necessarily wise because you are grave.
That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
Cheese - milk's leap toward immortality.
Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.