The Japanese keenly learned from Western civilisation in a bid to modernize and preserve the nation.
Create something, sell it, make it better, sell it some more and then create something that obsoletes what you used to make.
Prior to that I produced a couple of TV movies for CBS, but the truth of the matter is that I burned out for a couple of years. I didn't do anything for a while, apart from taking up golf, for which I got a four handicap.