In an interview called “JK Rowling: A Year in Her Life”, that covered the period during the last year when she finished the final Harry Potter book, the interviewer asked Rowling, “How would you like to be remembered?”. Her response was poignant.
As someone who did the best she could with the talent she had.
If you go through life with that as your standard, you are going to do well.
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