Right Out of Film School: You Do Not Have It - Poem

You Don’t Have It

If you are right out of film school you don’t have it

You do not have the high-quality expensive gear and equipment.

You do not have the money for your project.

You do not have the experience.

You do not have the skill.

You don’t have it…

…The thing you do have is your mind and a lot of time.

The thing you do have is the hunger.

The thing you do have is the grit from starting from the bottom.

You have those things now

Years down the road you will have the things you want now

The thing you don’t want to lose  is hunger, grit, and time.

- Badlands