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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.38,0:00:02.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.88,0:00:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.86,0:00:09.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never really expected to find myself giving advice
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.80,0:00:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to people graduating from an establishment of higher education.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.72,0:00:20.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never graduated from any such establishment.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.03,0:00:22.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never even started at one.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.39,0:00:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I escaped from school as soon as I could,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.16,0:00:28.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the prospect of 4 more years of enforced learning,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.49,0:00:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before I could become the writer who I wanted to be, seemed stifling.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.78,0:00:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got out into the world, I wrote
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.70,0:00:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I became a better writer the more I wrote.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.78,0:00:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I wrote some more
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.84,0:00:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and nobody ever seemed to mind
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.56,0:00:43.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was making it all up as I went along.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.35,0:00:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They just read what I wrote and they paid me for it,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.33,0:00:46.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or they didn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.52,0:00:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.94,0:00:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And often they commissioned me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.48,0:00:53.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to write something else for them, which has left me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.13,0:00:57.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a healhty respect and fondness for higher education,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.62,0:01:00.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that those of my friends and family who attended universities
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.71,0:01:03.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were cured of long ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.36,0:01:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looking back I've had a remarkable ride.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.98,0:01:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not sure I can call it a career,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.32,0:01:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because a career implies that I had some kind of career plan,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.12,0:01:16.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I never did.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.09,0:01:19.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The nearest thing I had was a list I made when I was about 15,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.61,0:01:21.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of everything I wanted to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.55,0:01:24.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to write an adult novel,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.03,0:01:25.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a children's book,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.13,0:01:26.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a comic, a movie,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.43,0:01:27.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,record an audiobook,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.97,0:01:31.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,write an episode of Dr. Who, and so on.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.61,0:01:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't have a career,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.18,0:01:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just did the next thing on the list.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.10,0:01:39.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I thought I'd tell you everything I wished I'd known starting out
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.72,0:01:41.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a few things that looking back on it
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.45,0:01:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I suppose I did know.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.08,0:01:46.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll also give you the best piece of advice I'd ever got
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.65,0:01:49.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I completely failed to follow.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.97,0:01:52.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.19,0:01:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you start out on a career in the arts,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.42,0:01:58.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have no idea what you're doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.92,0:02:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is great.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.92,0:02:04.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People who know what they are doing know the rules
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.53,0:02:07.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they know what is possible and what is impossible.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.36,0:02:10.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You do not, and you should not.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.25,0:02:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The rules on what is possible and impossible in the arts were made
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.62,0:02:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by people who had not tested the bounds of the possible
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.08,0:02:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by going beyond them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.32,0:02:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.06,0:02:22.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't know it's impossible,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.46,0:02:24.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's easier to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.33,0:02:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because nobody's done it before,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.16,0:02:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they haven't made up rules
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.50,0:02:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to stop anyone doing that particular thing again.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.92,0:02:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[applause]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.34,0:02:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Secondly, if you have an idea of what you want to make,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.80,0:02:44.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you were put here to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.52,0:02:47.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they just go and do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.52,0:02:50.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's much harder than it's sounds
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.41,0:02:53.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sometimes in the end so much easier than you might imagine.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.45,0:02:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because normally there are things you have to do
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.92,0:02:58.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before you can get to the place you want to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.62,0:03:01.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to write comics and novels and stories and films,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.58,0:03:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I became a journalist,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.75,0:03:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because journalists are allowed to ask questions
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.70,0:03:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to simply go and find out how the world works.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.07,0:03:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, besides, to do those things I needed to write
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.15,0:03:13.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to write well.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.93,0:03:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was being paid to learn how to write
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.06,0:03:20.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,economically, crisply, sometimes under adverse conditions
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.28,0:03:22.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on deadline.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.65,0:03:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes the way to do what you hope to do will be clear-cut.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.93,0:03:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sometimes it would be almost impossible
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.02,0:03:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to decide whether or not you're doing the correct thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.38,0:03:34.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you'll have to balance your goals and hopes
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.01,0:03:36.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with feeding yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.26,0:03:37.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,paying debts, finding work
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.89,0:03:40.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,settling for what you can get.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.33,0:03:42.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something that worked for me
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.84,0:03:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was imagining where I wanted to be
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.74,0:03:50.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- which was an author, primarily of fiction,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.21,0:03:53.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making good books, making good comics,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.63,0:03:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making good drama
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.56,0:03:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and supporting myself through my words -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.90,0:04:00.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,imagining that was a mountain,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.71,0:04:04.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a distant mountain, my goal.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.85,0:04:08.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I knew that as long as I kept walking towards the mountain
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.67,0:04:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd be alright.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.57,0:04:13.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I truly was not sure what to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.49,0:04:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could stop and think about
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.88,0:04:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether it was taking me towards or away from it
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.04,0:04:19.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- the mountain.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.99,0:04:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said no to editorial jobs on magazines
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.26,0:04:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- proper jobs that would have paid proper money -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.77,0:04:29.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bcause I kew that, attractive though they were, for me
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.43,0:04:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they would have been walking away from the mountain.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.39,0:04:33.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if those job offers had come earlier
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.69,0:04:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I might have taken them,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.89,0:04:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they still would have been closer to the mountain
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.30,0:04:41.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than I was at that time.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.09,0:04:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned to write by writing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.06,0:04:46.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tended to do anything as long as it felt like an adventure
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.37,0:04:49.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to stop when it felt like work,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.07,0:04:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which meant that life did not feel like work.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.21,0:04:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thirdly, when you start out you have to deal with the problems of failure.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.03,0:05:01.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need to be thick skinned,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.43,0:05:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to learn that not every project will survive.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.50,0:05:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A freelance life, a life in the arts,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.70,0:05:10.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is sometimes like putting messages in bottles on a desert island
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.17,0:05:13.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hoping that someone will find one of your bottles
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.79,0:05:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and open it and read it
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.24,0:05:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put something in a bottle that will wash its way back to you
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.78,0:05:23.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- appreciation or a commission or money or love.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.17,0:05:26.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you have to accept that you may put out hundreds of things
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.72,0:05:30.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for every bottle that winds up coming back.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.35,0:05:34.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problems of failure, the problems of discouragement,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.46,0:05:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of hopelessness, of hunger.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.44,0:05:38.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want everything to happen, and you want it now
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.35,0:05:40.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and things go wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.30,0:05:44.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My first book, a piece of journalism I'd done only for the money
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.17,0:05:46.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and which had already bought me an electric typewriter
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.91,0:05:50.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the advance, should have been a best seller.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.77,0:05:52.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It should have paid me a lot of money,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.84,0:05:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if the publisher hadn't gone into involuntary liquidation
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.54,0:05:57.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between the first print run selling out
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.65,0:06:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the second print run never happening
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.14,0:06:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and before any royalties could be paid.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.02,0:06:04.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would have done.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.34,0:06:05.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I shrugged
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.97,0:06:07.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I still had my electric typewriter
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.97,0:06:10.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and enough money to pay the rent for a couple of months.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.29,0:06:12.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I decided that I'd do my best in the future
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.84,0:06:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to write books just for the money.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.08,0:06:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you didn't get the money then you didn't have anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.64,0:06:22.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if I did work I was proud of, and I didn't get the money,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.21,0:06:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least I'd have the work.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.62,0:06:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every now and then
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.54,0:06:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I forget that rule
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.12,0:06:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whenever I do, the universe kicks me hard
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.92,0:06:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reminds me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.16,0:06:36.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know that it's an issue for anybody but me
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.09,0:06:38.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's true that nothing I did
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.27,0:06:40.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the only reason for doing it was the money
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.27,0:06:42.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was ever worth it,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.42,0:06:45.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except as bitter experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.61,0:06:48.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Usually I didn't wind up getting the money either.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.19,0:06:49.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.97,0:06:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The things I did because I was excited
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.44,0:06:54.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wanted to see them exist in reality
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.22,0:06:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have never let me down, and I've never regretted
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.50,0:06:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the time I spent on any of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.74,0:07:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problems of faillure are hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.88,0:07:05.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problems of success can be harder,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.99,0:07:08.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because nobody warns you about them.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.27,0:07:11.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first problem of any kind of even limited success
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.54,0:07:14.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the unshakeable conviction that you're getting away with something
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.45,0:07:17.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that any moment now they will discover you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.62,0:07:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.28,0:07:25.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's Imposter's Syndrome,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.31,0:07:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something my wife Amanda christened "The Fraud Police".
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.34,0:07:33.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my case I was convinced there would be a knock on the door
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.05,0:07:35.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a man with a clipboard
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.33,0:07:37.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- I don't know why he had a clipboard
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.77,0:07:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in my head he always had a clipboard -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.95,0:07:44.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be there to tell me it was all over
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.09,0:07:45.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they caught up with me
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.42,0:07:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now I would have to go and get a real job
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.84,0:07:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one that didn't consist of making things up and writing them down
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.14,0:07:54.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reading books I wanted to read.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.42,0:07:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I would go away quietly
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.10,0:07:57.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and get the kind of job
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.89,0:08:00.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would have to get up early in the morning
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.41,0:08:02.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wear a tie
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.34,0:08:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not make things up anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.64,0:08:08.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problems of success, they're real
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.75,0:08:12.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with luck, you'll experience them.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.25,0:08:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The point where you stop saying yes to everything
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.92,0:08:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because now the bottles you throw in the ocean are all coming back
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.12,0:08:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you have to learn to say "no".
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.36,0:08:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I watched my peers and my friends and the ones who are older than me
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.82,0:08:28.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I watched how miserable some of them were.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.84,0:08:31.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd listen to them telling they couldn't envisage a world
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.29,0:08:35.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they did what they've always wanted to do anymore,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.17,0:08:37.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because now they had to earn a certain amount every month
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.90,0:08:39.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to keep where they were.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.37,0:08:41.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They couldn't go and do the things that mattered
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.37,0:08:42.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that they had really wanted to do
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.95,0:08:48.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that seemed as big a tragedy as any problem of failure.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.100,0:08:52.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after that, the biggest problem of success
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.30,0:08:54.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that the world conspires
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.17,0:08:56.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to stop you doing the thing that you do
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.90,0:08:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you're successful.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.32,0:09:01.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a day when I looked up and realized
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.98,0:09:04.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I had become someone
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.17,0:09:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who professionally replied to email
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.00,0:09:09.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he wrote as a hobby.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.59,0:09:12.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started answering fewer emails
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.19,0:09:16.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was relieved to find, I was writing much more.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.81,0:09:21.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Forthly, I hope you'll make mistakes.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.67,0:09:25.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you make mistakes, it means you're out there doing something
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.89,0:09:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the mistakes in themselves can be very useful.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.72,0:09:33.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I once misspelled Caroline in a letter,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.15,0:09:35.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transposing the A and the O,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.84,0:09:37.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I thought "Coraline
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.57,0:09:40.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looks almost like a real name".
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.59,0:09:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember, whatever discipline you're in,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.82,0:09:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether you're a musician of a photographer,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.04,0:09:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a fine artist or a cartoonist,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.60,0:09:50.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a writer, a dancer, a singer, a designer,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.96,0:09:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatever you do, you have one thing that's unique:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.72,0:09:57.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have the ability to make art.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.32,0:10:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for me, and for so many of the people I've known
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.44,0:10:03.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's been a lifesaver.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.49,0:10:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ultimate lifesaver.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.72,0:10:06.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It gets you though good times, and it gets you
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.44,0:10:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the other ones.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.10,0:10:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes life is hard, things go wrong
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.16,0:10:16.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in life, and in love, and in business and in friendship
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.17,0:10:20.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in health and in all the other ways that life can go wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.35,0:10:24.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when things get though, this is what you should do.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.79,0:10:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make good art.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.20,0:10:30.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm serious.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.64,0:10:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.96,0:10:33.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Husband runs off with a politician?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.94,0:10:36.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make good art.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.09,0:10:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.93,0:10:42.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Leg crushed and then eaten by a mutated boa constrictor?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.18,0:10:44.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make good art.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.89,0:10:47.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,IRS on your trail? Make good art.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.52,0:10:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cat exploded? Make good art.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.94,0:10:56.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone on the internet thinks what you're doing
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.55,0:10:58.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is stupid or evil or it's all been done before?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.75,0:11:01.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make good art.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.61,0:11:03.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Probably things will work out somehow,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.79,0:11:05.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eventually time will take the sting away
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.97,0:11:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that doesn't even matter.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.44,0:11:10.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do what only you can do best.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.79,0:11:14.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make good art.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.07,0:11:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make it on the bad days.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.47,0:11:19.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make it on the good days too.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.77,0:11:21.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And fifthly, while you're at it,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.49,0:11:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make your art.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.02,0:11:24.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do the stuff that only you can do.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.95,0:11:26.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The urge, starting out, is to copy
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.99,0:11:28.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is not a bad thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.55,0:11:30.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of us only find our own voices
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.21,0:11:32.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after we've sounded like a lot of other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.67,0:11:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.22,0:11:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But one thing that you have, that nobody else has
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.80,0:11:45.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is you, your voice, your mind, your story, your vision.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.07,0:11:47.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So write and draw and build and play
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.55,0:11:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and dance and live as only you can.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.25,0:11:56.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The moment that you feel that just possibly
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.41,0:11:58.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're walking down the street naked
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.89,0:12:01.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exposing too much of your heart and your mind
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.79,0:12:04.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what exists on the inside, showing too much of yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.65,0:12:10.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's the moment you may be starting to get it right.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.67,0:12:12.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The things I've done that work the best
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.69,0:12:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were the things I was the least certain about.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.15,0:12:16.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The stories where I was sure they would either work
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.79,0:12:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or, more likely, be the kind of embarrassing failures
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.64,0:12:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that people would gather together and discuss until the end of time.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.01,0:12:27.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They always had that in common: looking back at them
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.99,0:12:31.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people explain why they were inevitable successes
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.21,0:12:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when I was doing them I had no idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.12,0:12:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still don't.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.64,0:12:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And where would be the fun in making something
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.67,0:12:39.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you knew was going to work?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.39,0:12:43.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sometimes the things I did really didn't work.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.02,0:12:45.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are stories of mine that have never been reprinted.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.85,0:12:48.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of them have never even left the house.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.92,0:12:52.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I learned as much from them as I did from the things that worked.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.05,0:12:59.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ok, sixthly, I'm gonna pass on some secret freelancer knowledge.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.47,0:13:02.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Secret knowledge is always good and it's useful
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.16,0:13:05.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for anyone who ever plans to create art for other people,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.85,0:13:08.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to enter a freelance world of any kind.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.34,0:13:10.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned it in comics
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.17,0:13:13.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it applies to other fields too, and it's this.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.07,0:13:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People get hired because, somehow, they get hired.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.72,0:13:20.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.45,0:13:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my case, I did something which these days would be easy to check
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.82,0:13:25.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and would get me into a lot of trouble
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.44,0:13:27.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when I started out in those pre-internet days
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.99,0:13:30.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seemed like a sensible career strategy.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.41,0:13:33.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was asked by editors who I'd written for,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.88,0:13:35.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I lied.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.24,0:13:37.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.54,0:13:40.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I listed a handful of magazines that sounded likely
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.70,0:13:43.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I sounded confident and I got jobs.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.05,0:13:52.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[cheering]
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.20,0:13:56.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I then made it a point of honour to have written
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.09,0:13:58.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something for each of the magazines I'd listed
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.47,0:14:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get that first job.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.80,0:14:02.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that I hadn't actually lied,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.45,0:14:05.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had just been chronologically challenged.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.39,0:14:07.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.23,0:14:10.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you get work however you get work.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.29,0:14:14.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But people keep working, in a freelance world
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.45,0:14:17.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- and more and more of today's world is freelance -
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.22,0:14:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the work is good
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.92,0:14:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and because they're easy to get along with
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.08,0:14:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and because they deliver the work on time.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.96,0:14:28.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you don't even need all three.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.82,0:14:31.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two out of three is fine.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.75,0:14:33.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.49,0:14:36.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People will tolerate how unpleasant you are
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.51,0:14:39.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if your work is good and you deliver it on time.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.39,0:14:41.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.35,0:14:44.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People will forgive the lateness of your work
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.70,0:14:46.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if it's good and they like you.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.27,0:14:47.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.22,0:14:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you don't have to be as good as everyone else
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.64,0:14:52.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're on time and it's always a pleasure to hear from you.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.98,0:14:55.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.59,0:15:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[applause]
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.95,0:15:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I agreed to give this address
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.77,0:15:10.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought what is the best piece of advice I was ever given
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.83,0:15:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I realized that it was actually a piece of advice
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.22,0:15:17.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I had failed to follow
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.51,0:15:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it came from Stephen King.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.42,0:15:22.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was 20 years ago, at the height of the success
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.05,0:15:23.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- the initial success -
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.37,0:15:26.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Sandman, the comic I was writing.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.65,0:15:28.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[applause] Oh thank you
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.82,0:15:30.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was writing a comic people loved
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.45,0:15:32.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were taking it seriously
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.35,0:15:34.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Stephen King liked Sandman
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.43,0:15:36.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my novel with Terry Pratchett, Good Omens,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.81,0:15:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he saw the madness that was going on
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.86,0:15:41.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- the long signing lines, all of that stuff -
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.07,0:15:43.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his advice to me was this.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.24,0:15:45.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said "this is really great
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.51,0:15:48.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you should enjoy it".
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.90,0:15:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I didn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.50,0:15:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Best advice I ever got that I ignored.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.30,0:15:56.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, I worried about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.85,0:15:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I worried about the next deadline,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.80,0:16:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the next idea,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.58,0:16:02.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the next story.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.55,0:16:05.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There wasn't a moment for the next 14 or 15 years
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.12,0:16:07.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I wasn't writing something in my head
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.12,0:16:08.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or wondering about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.43,0:16:10.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I didn't stop and look around and go:
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.100,0:16:13.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"this is really fun".
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.88,0:16:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wish I'd enjoyed it more.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.47,0:16:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been an amazing ride,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.10,0:16:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there were parts of the ride that I missed,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.68,0:16:22.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I was too worried about things going wrong,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.33,0:16:25.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what came next, to enjoy the bit that I was on.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.13,0:16:28.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was the hardest lesson for me, I think:
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.45,0:16:31.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to let go, and enjoy the ride.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.23,0:16:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the ride takes you to some remarkable
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.60,0:16:36.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unexpected places.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.69,0:16:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here, on this platform, today for me
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.68,0:16:42.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is one of those places
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.18,0:16:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I am enjoying myself immensely.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.90,0:16:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[applause]
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.33,0:16:58.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd actually put that in brackets.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.86,0:17:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just in case I wasn't, I wouldn't say it.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.04,0:17:04.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.06,0:17:07.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To all today's graduates:
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.55,0:17:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wish you luck, luck is useful.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.78,0:17:13.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Often you will discover that the harder you work
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.29,0:17:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the more wisely that you work
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.10,0:17:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the luckier you will get.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.40,0:17:20.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there is luck, and it helps.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.37,0:17:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're in a transitional world right now
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.52,0:17:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're in any kind of artistic field,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.68,0:17:29.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the nature of distribution is changing.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.76,0:17:32.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The models by which creators got their work out into the world
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.95,0:17:34.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and got to keep a roof over their head
Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.97,0:17:37.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and buy sandwhiches while they did that
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.07,0:17:39.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're all changing.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.15,0:17:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I talked to people at the top of the food chain
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.52,0:17:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in publishing and bookselling,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.70,0:17:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in music, in all those areas
Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.68,0:17:48.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and no one knows what the landscape will look like
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.51,0:17:52.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two years from now, let alone a decade away.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.13,0:17:54.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The distribution channels that people have built
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.42,0:17:57.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the last century or so, are in flux
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.45,0:17:59.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for print, for visual artists, for musicians,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.58,0:18:03.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for creative people of all kinds.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:03.25,0:18:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is on the one hand intimidating
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.25,0:18:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on the other, immensely liberating.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.52,0:18:12.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The rules, the assumptions, the now-we're-supposed-tos
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.20,0:18:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how you get your work seen and what you do then,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.02,0:18:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're breaking down.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.66,0:18:22.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The gatekeepers are leaving their gates.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:22.53,0:18:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can be as creative as you need to be, to get your work seen.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.76,0:18:30.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,YouTube and the Web and whatever comes after YouTube and the Web
Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.61,0:18:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can give you more people watching
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.40,0:18:34.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than all television ever did.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.85,0:18:37.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The old rules are crumbling
Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.15,0:18:40.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and nobody knows what the new rules are.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:40.09,0:18:43.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So make up your own rules.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:43.12,0:18:45.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone asked me recently how to do
Dialogue: 0,0:18:45.17,0:18:47.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something she thought was going to be difficult,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:47.17,0:18:49.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this case recording an audiobook.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:49.45,0:18:55.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I suggested she pretend that she was someone who could do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:55.07,0:18:56.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:18:56.21,0:19:00.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not pretend to do it, but pretend she was someone who could.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:00.35,0:19:03.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She put up a notice to this effect on the studio wall
Dialogue: 0,0:19:03.13,0:19:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she said it helped.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:06.27,0:19:09.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So be wise, because the world needs more wisdom
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.66,0:19:13.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you cannot be wise, pretend to be someone who is wise
Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.93,0:19:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then just behave like they would.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.86,0:19:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[applause]
Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.85,0:19:32.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now go, and make interesting mistakes,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.41,0:19:33.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make amazing mistakes,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.77,0:19:37.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make glorious and fantastic mistakes.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.15,0:19:38.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Break rules.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.41,0:19:41.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Leave the world more interesting for your being here.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.18,0:19:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make good art.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:44.28,0:19:45.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.78,0:19:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[applause]