Success

When I look back at my work from some distance .... let' say to things written before 1990 ... I find considerable work I own up to. Sometines it even blows me away. Not everything but enough to make me feel like I did a good job. And more often than I remember.

Of course from another perspective my work is marginal at best. But I define success, not the outside world. By and large I did what I set out to do. Salinger would be pleased. Gary Ross would be pleased. Both have written eloquently about defining your own success.