Remember: when people tell you something’s wrong or doesn’t work for them, they are almost always right. When they tell you exactly what they think is wrong and how to fix it, they are almost always wrong.

Now go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.

Talk is free but the wise man chooses when to spend his words.

Really, he thought, if you couldn't trust a poet to offer sensible advice, who could you trust?