There are so many other people involved in the making of a play or a television series or whatever. . . even if you're a novelist there's so much in just the marketing of a book, or even the time. . . the zeitgeist, the moment at which it comes out. There's a lot you can't control.
I wish I could walk into a room and feel superior and have my nose up at everybody, but I can't, because I know I'm just a huge nerd, and that wouldn't work for me.