Pitching was about fooling people, manipulating them, making them believe in something that ultimately wasn't there. Great pitching was great lying.
Goodnight my darlings, I'll see you tomorrow.
A perfect martini should be made by filling a glass with gin then waving it in the general direction of Italy.
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
My importance to the world is relatively small. On the other hand, my importance to myself is tremendous. I am all I have to work with, to play with, to suffer and to enjoy. It is not the eyes of others that I am wary of, but of my own. I do not intend to let myself down more than I can possibly help, and I find that the fewer illusions I have about myself or the world around me, the better company I am for myself.
Work hard, do the best you can, don't ever lose faith in yourself and take no notice of what other people say about you.
Work is much more fun than fun.
Because you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.
Acknowledge that a more closely integrated Europe is no longer an unqualified American interest.
Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, than falling in love in a quite absolute, final way. . . . . . What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything. . . . Fall in love, stay in love, and it will decide everything.
Closed doors are a test of our faith. Keep moving forward, being your best, living with determination and faith. When you do, you'll see amazing changes all around you.