Why, look at me. I've worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.

Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which at least does us all some good.

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

'To Start Press Any Key'. Where's the ANY key?

Moving from chair to chair, from coffee machine to coffee machine is the limit of my action in most films. But I enjoy being cast in them because I love watching them.

One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average man's familiarity with the word 'impossible'.

You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.

I readily absorb ideas from every source, frequently starting where the last person left off

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

If you try to be anyone but yourself, you will fail; if you are not true to your own heart, you will fail. Then again, there's no success like failure

He who thinks little errs much

Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.

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

Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties.

You reach a point where you don't work for money.

The world does not pay men for that which they 'know'. It pays them for what they do, or induce others to do.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment

Get around people who have something of value to share with you. Their impact will continue to have a significant effect on your life long they have departed.

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.