I wanted to make a comment on the obsession with success and failure that we see a lot in America.

I liked the idea of fiasco as failure gone to church, ... How does that become a transcendent thing? And that morphed into the different mini-themes.

Claire literally saves his life. And to me there's no better story to tell than how someone can process a knock. A hero is someone who turns their disappointment into a greater opportunity. This woman helps him on the path.

Mostly it was about the success of the shoe: Does the shoe come back? I had to look at it without that scene,

If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success.

if you set your goals ridiculously high and its a failure, you will fail above everyone elses success