before you got published, you were jealous of someone who did
when you got published, you were jealous of someone who got a second print
when you got a second print, you were jealous of someone who sold 100,000 copies
when you sold 100,000 copies, you were jealous of someone who won the Booker Prize
when you won the Booker Prize, you were jealous of someone who won the Nobel Prize
when you won the Nobel Prize, you farted during your acceptance speech