Chip maker Nvidia is the new old thing, an overnight success story years in the making that is having its moment and then some.
My dad told me, 'It takes fifteen years to be an overnight success', and it took me seventeen and a half years.
With So Solid, we had overnight success and I bought stupid stuff with my money, I bought a 35k car while I was still living in a council flat.
I'm what is known as a 40-year overnight success.
Anyone who wants to sell you overnight success or wealth is not interested in your success; they are interested in your money.
There are a lot of people who dream of overnight success, of being Brad Pitt getting discovered for 'Thelma and Louise,' but that doesn't always happen. I represent that stick-to-it-ness that it takes to build a career over time, guest spot by guest spot. Looking back from here, I wouldn't have wanted the journey to go any other way.
Nobody just said, 'Here, be a star!' I've joked many times that I was a seven-year overnight success.
4chan's culture is unique and spreads and draws people in like no other. It's also important to realize that 4chan wasn't some overnight success, and there was never 'hockey stick' - like growth.
There's no such thing as an overnight success. It took me a long to get there.
It's so funny looking back, but my so-called overnight success actually took 15 years. I remember when I didn't have any money, and my only car was mom's Hyundai.
