Failure & regret

How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? Do you have a favourite failure?

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Joan Didion American writer
Yeah. It’s a grandiose reaction. You are claiming you could really control this, but you failed.
Recorded Academy of Achievement, Academy of Achievement interview, New York, New York, 1 April 2005 source ↗
Agnès Varda Film director, photographer and installation artist
I have never made any money from my films but I have won prizes and recognition. I have been on the margins forever. They all came to see me receive the award - there was Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Richard Gere and so on. I was imagining what they would all be worth in money terms. You see I was never bankable, I could not bring any money ever to the table. I like the friendships and, yes, the admiration but I don’t want to make a big fuss about it. I will go on working as long as I am able!
Recorded Richard Mowe, Eye For Film feature interview, 12 February 2018 source ↗

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