Self-sacrifice is essential to leadership. You will give, give all the time.

A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.

A goal is a dream with a deadline.

Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.

Don't wait. The time will never be just right.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.

The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors.

Keep your mind fixed on what you want in life: not on what you don't want.

A positive mind finds a way it can be done; a negative mind looks for all the ways it can't be done.

It's often a matter of sitting in front of the computer and worrying. It's what writing comes down to--worrying that things aren't going to work out.

An ounce of convention is worth a pound of explanation.

What don't kill me will just make me crazier

As far as 3-D goes, I don't know if that will stay very long because things are moving so rapidly.

When we focus on clarifying what is being observed, felt, and needed rather than on diagnosing and judging, we discover the depth of our own compassion.

I can't say that I ever abided nerd stereotypes: I was never alone or felt outcast.

Valour, however unfortunate, commands great respect even from enemies: but the Romans despise cowardice, even though it be prosperous.

Now I can go back to being ruthless again.

I can always, quite easily, put myself in other people's shoes, so to speak, and look at the world through them.

My current companion, Gerard de Battista, is the father of my two sons.