With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying.
A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.
I've always found the second book in a series is the hardest to write.
As you start to walk out on the way, the way appears.
You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.
Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others have used them...
One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average man's familiarity with the word 'impossible'.
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.
Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.
Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.
We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.
I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.
If it's me against 48, I feel sorry for the 48.
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
Nothing will work unless you do.
Boredom is one of the most blissful feelings.
The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.
It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.
I`d like to live as a poor man with lots of money.
Genius is eternal patience.