Being a programmer is the same way. The only way to be a good programmer is to write code. When you realize you haven't been writing much code lately, and it seems like all you do is brag about code you wrote in the past, and people start looking at you funny while you're shooting your mouth off, realize it's because they know. They might not even know they know, but they know. So, yes, doing what you love brings success, and by all means, throw yourself a nice big party, buy yourself a nice car, soak up the adulation of an adoring crowd. Then shut the fuck up and get back to work. -- Sincerity Theory

You think you know when you learn, are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program. -- Alan J. Perlis (Epigrams in programming)

Side projects are less masturbatory than reading RSS, often more useful than MobileMe, more educational than the comments on Reddit, and usually more fun than listening to keynotes. -- Chris Wanstrath

Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones. -- Alan J. Perlis (Epigrams in programming)

Before software can be reusable it first has to be usable. -- Ralph Johnson

Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. -- Donald Knuth

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. –Benjamin Franklin

To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. ~Anonymous

The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors. ~Napoleon Hill

I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear. –Rosa Parks