“Writing a page a day doesn't seem like much, but do it for 365 days and you have enough to fill a novel.” — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“Think about what you have to share that could be of some value to people. Share a handy tip you've discovered while… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“Always be reading. Go to the library. There’s magic in being surrounded by books. Get lost in the stacks. Read bibliographies. It’s… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“Surround yourself with books and objects that you love. Tape things up on the wall. Create your own world.” — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“You don’t get to pick your family, but you can pick your teachers and you can pick your friends and you can… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
Collect books, even if you don't plan on reading them right away. Filmmaker John Waters has said, "Nothing is more important than… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
Genealogy of ideas. You don’t get to pick your family, but you can pick your teachers and you can pick your friends… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“In the meantime, if you're not into the world you live in, you can build your own world around you.[...]Surround yourself with… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat with only 236 different words, so his editor bet him he couldn’t write a… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
Draw the art you want to see, start the business you want to run, play the music you want to hear, write… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“Always be reading. Go to the library. There's magic in being surrounded by books. Get lost in the stacks. Read bibiliographies. It's… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“The thing is, you can cut off a couple passions and only focus on one, but after a while, you’ll start to feel phantom… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
Don't think of your website as a self-promotion machine, think of it as a self-invention machine. — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“We want you to take from us. We want you, at first, to steal from us, because you can’t steal. You will take what… — austin kleon Copy Share Image
“If you want fans, you have to be a fan first. If you want to be accepted by a community, you have to first… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“Social media sites are the perfect place to share daily updates. Don’t worry about being on every platform; pick and choose based on what… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“Writing a page a day doesn't seem like much, but do it for 365 days and you have enough to fill a novel.” — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
It sounds a little extreme, but in this day and age, if your work isn't online, it doesn't exist. — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“Don't wait until you know who you are to get started. If I'd waited to know who I was or what I was about… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
Your brain gets too comfortable in your everyday surroundings. You need to make it uncomfortable. You need to spend some time in another land,… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
