No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.
Thought, backed by strong desire, has a tendency to transmute itself into its physical equivalent.
Genius is eternal patience.
If youre in the luckiest one per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 per cent.
Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy
This is the real secret of life - to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.
Percentages are why I am rich.
Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
There is but one dependable method of accumulating and legally holding riches, and that is by rendering useful service.
He who will not economize will have to agonize.
You reach a point where you don't work for money.
Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains.
In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and - SNAP - the job's a game!
The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'
It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.
I've always thought anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, that's the real test.
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.... You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.