To get it right, be born with luck or else make it. Never give up. Get the knack of getting people to help you and also pitch in yourself.
Source: Myself Among Others, Myself Among Others, 1970.
-- Ruth Gordon, (Oct 30 1896-1985), US actress; She wrote, with her husband, Adam's Rib, 1952; won Oscar for Rosemary's Baby, 1968.