It is through cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will be derived.

Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece.

The inner speech, your thoughts, can cause you to be rich or poor, loved or unloved, happy or unhappy, attractive or unattractive, powerful or weak.

Nobody succeeds beyond his or her wildest expectations unless he or she begins with some wild expectations.

Do more than you have to do, more than your share, and do it as well as you can.

Nobody succeeds beyond his or her wildest expectations unless he or she begins with some wild expectations

The only hope for civilization is the greater freedom, development and equality of women.

I said kiss me again.” A sultry smile curved her lips. “Would that be such a difficult task to perform?”Christ almighty, she wanted him to kiss her again. And she was ordering him to do so.

To pray without expectation is to misunderstand the whole concept of prayer and relationship with God.

Sometimes when people look at the work I've done with my family, they think it's autobiographical. But it really isn't. It's more about the idea of family.

Somebody asked me once, 'Do you think that swing will ever come back?' And I said, 'Do you think the 1938 Ford will ever come back?'

extreme happiness invites religion almost as much as extreme misery.

When we think of an actor, we think of a tanned, frosted-tipped, model-looking guy. We don't think of a plumber.

I need three million dollars to make a low-budget, intellectual, artistic, exciting, erotic movie with a great soundtrack.

The study of sickness is the most poetic of the sciences.

We get very little wisdom from success, you know.