Interested in a career in the arts? Be it writing or illustration or whatever--Niel Gaiman recently made a fantastic speech on the subject. If you have any intentions of making good art, I strongly recommend you take the time to watch this speech. It's only 20 minutes, and provides some sound advice. Not practical advice, like who to go to get to get hired--because no such advice really exists.

The kind of advice here relates to the kind of mindsets you should be practicing in pursuing an art career. Do watch it.

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