It is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject as I am in mine
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.
You can observe a lot just by watching.
Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
When things go wrong don't go with them
In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.
Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man how to fish, you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.
The only 'break' anyone can afford to rely upon is a self-made 'break'.
If youre in the luckiest one per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 per cent.
There is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, that to institute a new order of things
From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
Success is most often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.
Do one thing at a time, and while doing it put your whole soul into it to the exclusion of all else.
When inspiration does not come to me, I go halfway to meet it.
I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
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.
I've always found the second book in a series is the hardest to write.
I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.