Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
I can, therefore I am.
Know or listen to those who know.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Never complain and never explain.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Who seeks shall find.
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.