David Bowie's advice

In this short video, David Bowie gives some great advice to musicians. I think the same applies to writers. As for squaring not working for someone else with writing for clients and magazines, here is the way I do so: I always write about stuff I care about. Also, although I am more than happy to be edited, there have been occasions when I’ve withdrawn an article because the editor was trying to force to me to write in a way that wasn’t being true to myself. I’ll write about that some time. In the meantime, here is David Bowie:

When asked if he had advice for musicians, Bowie replied: "Yes, never play at a gallery. [Laughs] I think. But you never learn that until much later on. But never work for other people at what you do. Always...