Success is not about the awards, it's about the journey and the growth.
一切是,同时又不是。
I would argue that passion is more important than brainpower.
"Every frame is a painting, and the camera is your brush."
I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't and then tries the short story which is the most demanding form after poetry. And failing at that, only then does he turn to the novel.