Q: Hey bill, thank you for answering my question. Your response made me seriously think about my current situation. At this point I am 20 and there is so much I want to prove, I want to grow beyond measures and make an impact in the animation industry (my life goal). I know I must resolve myself to this goal. Do you feel like you have to choose? Between a relationship with someone or working in solitude. I haven't received an assault of questions of when I am going to get married or settle down yet but I know in the few years I will. It's a suffocating feeling. I hope this isn't intrusive but did you go through something similar and what are you thoughts? 
A: it's a classic situation for focused and hardworking artists (or any career) to find themselves in a relationship where the other person realizes that the artist needs to make their work the #1 priority. it is a very common story, but not the end of the world. it just means those types of relationships won't work. this is very very common, and it is also common for hardworking and focused artists to find relationships that work. usually when the other person has equally strong passions of their own, maybe different, maybe even the same one. i've seen this work plenty of times. but the failed relationship you're talking about is a classic story, and very common among people in your situation. i've been in one of those relationships as well. it's no big deal, you just learn why it doesn't work, and you both move on