There’s no reason you won’t break the top of the NY Times best seller. You have the same droves of talent and your friend has resilience. New books are printed all the time. New movies made all the time. The ideas are not new, or few of them anyway, but the way they are told are different. Stories matter. The way you write them, matters. You could be next. Build something big and push it around. Diamonds aren’t plucked off of trees, they’re buried way under peoples feet, deep down in the muck. Make them trip over your jewel.