I have far more respect for the person with a single idea who gets there than for the person with a thousand ideas who does nothing

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.

Success is having a flair for the thing that you are doing, knowing that is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a sense of purpose.

In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and - SNAP - the job's a game!

A company is only as good as the people it keeps.

For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.

When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.

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

For it is commonly said: accomplished labours are pleasant.

Nothing will work unless you do.

One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.

If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius.

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.

Change yourself and your work will seem different.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

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

A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.

Don't mistake activity with achievement.

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

It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.