There's only a step from the sublime to the ridiculous, but there's no road leading from the ridiculous to the sublime.
“I've had a lot of very positive feedback about those stories, and seem to have struck upon something that most people feel. I can also tap dance, and don't know many other authors who can.”
“Think of all the really successful men and women you know. Do you know a single one who didn't learn very young the trick of calling attention to himself in the right quarters?”