The ultimate trick is to convince, persuade. Every single person out there is an idiot, but collectively they're a genius.
I'm not happy. I'm not happy at all.
Well, nobody's perfect.
We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre.
The more subtle and elegant you are in hiding your plot points, the better you are as a writer.
Don't be too clever for an audience. Make it obvious. Make the subtleties obvious also.