I would trade any writerly success if it would mean my children would be happy.
'The Simpsons' obviously is a huge success, and Fox has nothing to do with its success, with its creative success, and as a result they don't really like the show. They don't like 'The Simpsons' at Fox.
Most executives I know are so action-oriented, or action-addicted, that time for reflection is the first casualty of their success.
Building businesses takes tremendous stamina, and success isn't achieved without it.
I still haven't come to grips with our success.
I don't think success arrives and you're suddenly happy. It's not like that. If people think that they'll be very disappointed.
Actually, I'm an overnight success, but it took twenty years.
The ultimate idea of rags-to-riches success in America is the Hollywood movie star.
People who get involved with the success of something have to be given at least some share of that success.
What we need in Africa is balanced development. Economic success cannot be a replacement for human rights or participation or democracy... it doesn't work.
I'm a forgiver. I might not forget, but I forgive. My mother, father and older brother always told me: 'Don't hold grudges. If you do that, you don't lower yourself down to your adversary. Just treat people the way you want to be treated.' I honestly...
They thought I was a success as soon as I started paying the bills.
'Three Kingdoms' gives you a panoply of different routes; everyone can find their own path. It shows that sometimes the route to fulfilment or success is not the obvious one. You must take twists and turns to achieve a goal.
The words 'success' and 'single' do go together, especially in Christ.
I was 40 years old before I became an overnight success, and I'd been publishing for 20 years.
Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility... in the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have... is the ability to take on responsibility.
Your chances of success are directly proportional to the degree of pleasure you desire from what you do. If you are in a job you hate, face the fact squarely and get out.
It's not a field, I think, for people who need to have success every day: if you can't live with a nightly sort of disaster, you should get out. I wouldn't describe myself as lacking in confidence, but I would just say that the ghosts you chase you n...
Success has always been easy to measure. It is the distance between one's origins and one's final achievement.
I never met Peter O'Toole, but he one was of those rare actors whose success was defined by a single role. His incandescent performance in David Lean's 'Lawrence of Arabia' is one that nobody who saw it will ever forget.
E-mail is a victim of its own success.
