I don't think it's that strange that a show has sort of a bumpy beginning. It's just part and parcel of the process.
“Aside from what it teaches you, there is simply the indescribable degree of peace that can be achieved on a sailing vessel at sea. I guess a combination of hard work and the seemingly infinite expanse of the sea - the profound solitude - that does it for me.”
“I work really hard at these books, and when colleagues write nasty reviews of them, I take it very personally.”