Behind each successful author hide 100 unsuccessful, behind each unsuccessful there are 100 that did not find a publisher, behind each of them there 100 who have not yet completed their manuscript .... But in the news only the stars get the whole attention.

Achievements have greater appeal as failures, therefore they are systematically overrated. The media usually reportes only about stars, the unsuccessful are not mentioned. Therfore we end up a distorted perception of the real chances. It is useful to study the unsuccessful. #SurvivorshipBias

Should you ever be sent to war, and you don’t agree with its goals, desert.

There are two kinds of forecasters: those who don’t know, and those who don’t know they don’t know

do you have at least one enemy? Good. Invite him or her over for coffee and ask for an honest opinion about your strengths and weaknesses. You will be forever grateful you did.

If 50 million people say something foolish, it is still foolish.

If you spend fifteen minutes in a shopping mall, you will pass more people than our ancestors saw during their entire lifetimes.

The more people do something, the more likely we are willing to follow. But this doesn´t make it automatically right, funny, good... Applause at the concert, laughing at shows, walk over a red traffic light

It is essential to have good tools, but it is also essential that the tools should be used in the right way.

I once dated a weather girl, we talked up a storm.

There is a violence that liberates, and a violence that enslaves; there is a violence that is moral and a violence that is immoral.

We must take down the carnies. I think we need to start a campaign to defeat their scamming ways. I never win the boardwalk basketball game.

I'm aware of people's association with me and fashion and I certainly take that role on for some occasions, but it doesn't dominate my thoughts all the time.

There are some patriotic citizens who sincerely hope that America will win the war - but they also hope that Russia will lose it; and there are some who hope that America will win the war, but that England will lose it; and there are some who hope that America will win the war, but that Roosevelt will lose it.

It's terrifying to play your favorite band's song in front of your favorite band.

What goes best with a cup of coffee Another cup.

Taxes are just too high - that's obviously a priority.

I'm a writer and director. And the movie I've seen a million times is 'Coming Home,' directed by Hal Ashby and starring Jon Voight, Jane Fonda and Bruce Dern.

No country in the world can yet say they have achieved gender equality.

By education most have been misled; So they believe, because they were bred. The priest continues where the nurse began, And thus the child imposes on the man.

In order to rise from its own ashes, a phoenix first must burn.

Amazing how we can light tomorrow with today.

If in the after life there is not music, we will have to import it.

Every prop, every shot, every pearl that rolled across the floor was exactly how I wanted it to be.

We've not had one Republican president in 34 years balance the budget. You can't trust right-wing Republicans with your money. You ought to hire somebody who has balanced a budget. I'm much more conservative with money than George Bush is.

My own hobbies are rather quiet. I like to read and do needlework, and I love animals.

If we spend our days waiting for fabulous roses we could miss the beauty and wonder of the tiny forget me nots that are all around us.

Today is a new day. Even if you were wrong yesterday, you can get it right today.

If you're having trouble finishing a book, it might be that you're trying to fix it as you go. Just finish the story, no matter how terrible you think that first draft is. Then let it cool off. In other words, don't look at it for a while. Then you can rewrite it.

Nothing is as embarrassing as watching your boss do something you assured him couldn't be done.

I like movies where you feel like you're going into another world, and no matter how many times you watch it, you're gonna see something new in that world. That level of detail really inspires me.

Early marriage is most prevalent in communities suffering deep, chronic poverty.