Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Well done is better than well said.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
To me, it all comes down to things being character-driven. It's hard for me to look beyond that. CG and all this cool stuff - so be it. But to me, it pretty much begins and ends with character-driven plots rather than technologically-driven plots.