It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become.

Fake it until you make it.

Boredom is one of the most blissful feelings.

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.

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

To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic

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.

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

To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?

If you're bored with life, if you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things, you don't have enough goals.

Nothing will work unless you do.

No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

All achievement, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves

I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.

Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.

Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.

Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.

I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.

Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man how to fish, you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.

Be quick, but don't hurry.