I've been lucky. The critics never went out of their way to single me out for doing bad work.

I won't mention names, but in my career, the most talented people invariably are the easiest and nicest to get along with.

To get over my divorce, I got a prescription to live at the Playboy Mansion for a while.

Success is the result of clear goal, unshakable confidence, proper planning, enthusiastic ACTION and consistent persistence.

Obstacles are only opportunities to succeed or fail; how we handle them determines what will happen.

My least favorite phrase in the English language is 'I don't care.'

Observe the masses and do the opposite

Showing up every day isn't enough. There are a lot of guys who show up every day who shouldn't have showed up at all.

Actors have bodyguards and entourages not because anybody wants to hurt them - who would want to hurt an actor? - but because they want to get recognized. God forbid someone doesn't recognize them.

It is that, but really, it's about how we don't recognise the little things in life, or appreciate the little things in life like belonging. A sense of belonging is a big thing today.

I went to a shrink once, but I caught him going to a fortune-teller so I quit.

Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.

Don't always think about being a subordinate, otherwise you would lose your self esteem and not succeed in society.

Annie believed taste and aromas had the power to transport people from the present to other places. Sometimes this was a journey to a different mood, but it was also a form of time travel.

I don't think that we necessarily lie. I mean, we make our living by pretending that we're someone else. I don't tell tall tales. I always tell the truth.

I think that I've got some pretty bad reviews on albums or songs that later proved themselves.

If you are smart, you never retire. You may retire from that job you have had for many years, but you will pick up another career for yourself of some type.

The pleasure of gratifying whim is very great. It is known only by those who are whimsical.

MAKE ME AN ANGEL THAT FLIES FROM MONTGOMERY, MAKE ME A POSTER OF AN OLD RODEO JUST GIVE ME ONE THING THAT I CAN HOLD ON TO TO BELIEVE IN THIS LIVIN' IS JUST A HARD WAY TO GO.

The ironic humor comes from the distance between what we understand about ourselves and what is truly going on in ourselves.

Many of the ideas of Sun Tzu and Mao Zedong came naturally to the young Ho Chi Minh, who would probably have applied the same strategy even had he not been aware of them.