“Success is fucking up on your own terms.”
Guillermo del Toro (1964) Mexican film director
Portland Mercury Q&A http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2010/09/30/a-few-notes-on-guillermo-del-toros-qanda
“If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.”
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