and he’s been poor. All his life he has strived for perfection, not out of vanity, but as a survival strategy. He has never been given anything for free, he’s never cut himself any slack, the way men who are born rich can. He’s convinced that’s the reason for his success: the fact that he’s been prepared to work harder and fight more ruthlessly than everyone else. And continuing to hunt perfection in all things means never being satisfied,
