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I have never had any success in planning my life, really.

I came into book publishing without any particular impulse to be in book publishing.

I never set out to be a published writer.

I never had any real expectations about what sort of success I would have or all the publicity.

I have not been a success, and probably never will be.

I was 40 years old before I became an overnight success, and I'd been publishing for 20 years.

I never became a producer to go to parties or wear nice clothes or put sales figures on my Wiki page.

I did not become successful in my work through embracing or engaging in celebrity culture. I never signed away my privacy in exchange for success.

I've been here 21 years, and I literally did walk up and down Music Row trying to break into the business. I felt very free to go into any publishing company.

For me, just being published feels like success.