So, I'm going to end it there. But what I really want to stress is: by all means, success, yes. But let's accept the strangeness of some of our ideas. Let's probe away at our notions of success. Let's make sure our ideas of success are truly our own.
I don't care what you think about me. I don't think about you at all.
When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
I'm not a perfectionist, but I like to feel that things are done well.