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

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my axe.

Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.

Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It s courage that counts.

Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.

Personally, I enjoy working about 18 hours a day. Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours of sleep per night.

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.

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

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

Genius is eternal patience.

Only you can control your future.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

There is little success where there is little laughter.

Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

Every individual has his own style, his own way of presenting himself on and off the field.

It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.

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

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.

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

The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.