All good books have one thing in common - they are truer than if they had really happened.

If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry, worry fixes nothing.

Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.

The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors.

Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

I drink to make other people more interesting.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

Excellence is not a skill, excellence is an attitude.

When you watch my films, you're feeling my heart.

In the colonial context the settler only ends his work of breaking in the native when the latter admits loudly and intelligibly the supremacy of the white man's values.

It's so much easier to debate people when you can pretend that they hold moronic position that they don't actually believe.

To make lips look naturally pink, I put on red lipstick, wipe it off, and then apply clear gloss.

Cutting prices or putting things on sale is not sustainable business strategy.

I can only give away the love that I have received.

Hunger can explain many acts. It can be said that all vile acts are done to satisfy hunger.

The biggest game I ever played in was probably Don Larsen's perfect game.

No other area offers richer opportunities for successful innovation than the unexpected success.