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

From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.

Boredom is one of the most blissful feelings.

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.

Change yourself and your work will seem different.

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

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

There is but one dependable method of accumulating and legally holding riches, and that is by rendering useful service.

Make them laugh, make them cry, and back to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise. I am a servant of the people. I have never forgotten that.

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

The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it

You can't make souffle rise twice.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and ablities were used in a way that served others.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

Genius is eternal patience.

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

Real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics.