The biggest criminals that I have met in life are working for the government. They make mass murderers look like amateurs.
Self-publishing a shitty book doesn't make you an author any more than singing in the shower makes you a rockstar or squeezing your pimple makes you a dermatologist.
True artists unburden their envies and work toward encouraging amateurs.
Some of the most corrupt people that you will meet in life are working in corporate government law enforcement. They make criminals look like amateurs.
When it comes to living and loving, we're all amateurs.