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Success is never going to come in the way your teenage self sees it.
Success is a high, but the way up is hard, and you have to give your all.
Success, or the lack of it, has a way to make you realise what your boundaries are.
In showbiz, so much success and fame comes your way and then it passes on to someone else.
As a negotiator, you should strive for a reputation of being fair. Your reputation precedes you. Let it precede you in a way that paves success.
Whatever obstacle comes your way, you gotta be prepared to jump over it! And I think that's what separates the legends from the regular artists. It's all in how you manage that success, and how you deal with the controversy when it actually comes.
My biggest critical success was 'The Draughtsman's Contract,' but then it wasn't the English who particularly thought so; it was the French, who are much more interested in Cartesian logic: in finding your way through more cerebral puzzle-making, if you wish.