On Liking What You Get, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Years later I realized that my failure as a big shot in college was all right-instead of serving on committees, I took a beating on English poetry; when I got the idea of what it was all about, I set about learning how to write. On Shaw's principle that 'If you don't get what you like, you better like what you get,' it was a lucky break - at the moment it was a harsh and bitter business to know that my career as a leader of men was over."
-F. Scott Fitzgerald