Publishers vet books, and they do a good job keeping out the low quality. But they also miss some good quality.

It's sort of my job to feel good.

I realize I don't do a very good job in keeping up to date, but I try to.

After you make good, quality music, then it's your job to go out there and promote it and to market it and to get it out there to the people.

Writers aren't in competition with one another. It isn't a zero sum game. If you have a good book, a good cover, a good product description, and a low price, you can sell well.

There's a kind of numbness, a sameness, a lack of motivation in 'good job' culture.