How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? Do you have a favourite failure?
I didn’t fear failure. I expected failure. I think I’ve always been somebody, since the deaths of my father and brother, who was afraid to hope. So, I was more prepared for failure and for rejection than success. The success took me by surprise and it frightened me.
Academy of Achievement interview, 28 June 1996 source ↗