“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful, that’s what matters to me.”

You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.

Going back to zero can help creative juices no matter the art form you are attempting to create

The finest inheritance you can give to a child is to allow it to make its own way.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.

I think every woman should have a blowtorch.

Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be