A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.

You can't make souffle rise twice.

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.

Advertising is legalized lying.

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.

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.

Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure

Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

I do know that when I am 60, I should be attempting to achieve different personal goals than those which had priority at age 20.

Make them laugh, make them cry, and back to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise. I am a servant of the people. I have never forgotten that.

Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.

You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Dont make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people cant take their eyes off of you.

It is better to serve like steel than rust and wither away like iron.

When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'

Every action has its pleasures and its price.

No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country

I've always found the second book in a series is the hardest to write.