For visions come not to polluted eyes.
It is wonderful how quickly you get used to things, even the most astonishing.
A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.
You can have it all. You just can't have it all at once.
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.
You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play.
We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.