The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

You have to work hard to get to the top of your game. I think every writer has doubts! I still do all the time.

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.

Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear.

Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong.

I am the captain of my soul.

When I give, I give myself.

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

As long as I'm in great shape, nobody beats me, for sure.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.

Though the road's been rocky it sure feels good to me.

The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of comfort.

Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Listen to many, speak to a few.

Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.