“Eventually I discovered for myself the utterly simple prescription for creativity: Be intensely yourself. Don’t try to be outstanding; don’t try to be a success; don’t try to do pictures for others to look at – just please yourself.”

“Don’t try to hog loneliness and keep it all to yourself. Share it with a special someone.”

“What and how much had I lost by trying to do only what was expected of me instead of what I myself had wished to do?”

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

“Don’t listen to what people tell you because they’ll try to bring you down. And don’t listen to yourself, either, because yourself will try to bring you down even more so than anyone else. As long as you just put all your energy into one thing, it can happen.”

“I am not trying to be preeminent because I am a superior being. I am not trying to be outstanding because I am a first-class success;see yourself the right way! You are Excellent.”

“Don’t try to save the whole galaxy yourself. Believe me, it doesn’t work.” -Luke Skywalker”