
James admits in North of Soho, that he is getting better at learning from his mistakes. But, he says, “Without those big mistakes I would never have learned anything in the first place. The graph of your increasing profit from your own errors is the only authentic measure of progress.”
Geoff Pound
My review of North of Soho by Clive James is found at Reviewing Books and Movies.
Image: “The graph of your increasing profit from your own errors is the only authentic measure of progress.”