The only people who have control over their careers are the ones you see on the covers of magazines. Everyone else is just plodding along making a living. The key is not to live over your means and overdo it.
Rare is the human being, immature or mature, who has never felt an impulse to pretend he is some one or something else.
Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.