The creative instincts, the love force must be nourished with every beat of our hearts until they overbalance the destructive instincts.
If you look at a lot of people's careers, the first couple of movies, usually, are the most embarrassing.
Hey, I know it's Monday, but it's also a new day, a new week and in that lies a new opportunity for something special to happen.
For me, my first big heartbreak is actually sports-related. The team went out and got spanked on our home field. I'll never forget how I cried after the game, because I'd been denied the opportunity to help the team in the championship game. It was like the coach forgot what had gotten us there. So, I never got to hold the trophy or savor a state championship. And I'll never forget that first bitter heartbreak.
If you want something to work, if it means that much to you; KEEP IT TO YOURSELF
You can not be successful without confronting rejection.
I would love to have a complete family. I'd love to do it all at once. I'd love to be able to give to my children what my parents were able to give to me. And if I'm blessed to be able to do that, fantastic. If I'm not, then life goes on. You have to do the best you can. I do think we have to bring the family back; I do.
Success demands paranoia.
Have fun. Do something nobody else had done before, or has done since.
The more we take the welfare of others to heart and work for their benefit, the more benefit we derive for ourselves. This is a fact that we can see.
I've seen novels that have grown out of one story in a collection. But it hasn't occurred to me to take any of those stories and build on them. They seem very finished for me, so I don't feel like going back and dredging them up.