Always Speak Politely To An Enraged Dragon.

Because Here’s The Thing: No Matter How Much One Tells Stories Of Magical Beasts Or Impossible Worlds, In The End, It Is Always The World Of Here And Now One Is Writing About. The Better One Understands That World, The More Powerful The Stories Will Be.

The Tools Are Real. The Viewer Is Real, You, The Artist, Is Real And A Part Of Everything You Paint. You Connect Yourself To The Viewer By Sharing Something That Is Inside Of You That Connects With Something Inside Of Him. All You Have As Your Guide Is That You Know What Moves You. All You Have To Do It With Is A Brush, Some Chemical And Canvas, And Technique.

To Seek Understanding Before Taking Action, Yet To Trust My Instincts When Action Is Called For. Never To Avoid Danger From Fear, Never To Seek Out Danger For Its Own Sake. Never To Conform To Fashion From Fear Of Eccentricity, Never To Be Eccentric From Fear Of Conformity.

One Man's Mistake Is Another Man's Opportunity.

One Nice Thing About Putting The Thing Away For A Couple Of Months Before Looking At It Is That You Start Appreciate Your Own Wit. Of Course, This Can Be Carried Too Far. But It's Kind Of Cool When You Crack Up A Piece Of Writing, And Then Realize You Wrote It. I Recommend This Feeling.