It doesn't always turn out. It's not always a happy ending when sometimes you say things that you think, and it goes against the grain of the larger group.
All of us invent ourselves. Some of us just have more imagination than others.
The truth is that in my job, becoming old and becoming extinct are one and the same thing.
I'm the female equivalent of a counterfeit $20 bill. Half of what you see is a pretty good reproduction, the rest is a fraud.
Unless you're willing to look a little foolish, forget the possibility of becoming great.
My mother once said "If you don't pay attention to age, then it won't pay attention to you." And she says it, and it sounds nice, but I don't buy it.