Most people wish for riches, but few people provide the definite plan and burning desire which pave the road to wealth.
It was a struggle financing CNN, but I did it without ever asking the government for a nickel.
You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.
I'm no genius. I'm not at all; I just happen to look five or 10 years ahead and think things through.
Life is like a B-movie. You don't want to leave in the middle of it, but you don't want to see it again.
You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something to live for.
If you treat people with dignity, respect and friendliness, you can turn enemies into friends. An enemy is nothing but a friend in disguise.
You have to stay focused because a lot of things will break your confidence. But if you stay focused and want it bad enough you can achieve. I know that sounds like a PBS special, but it's true, straight up.
I always thought of myself as the piano player in the band. That, I suppose, I'm confident about, and I guess my songwriting developed as I went along and I got a certain amount of confidence in that. The songs are like my kids, I'm proud of all of them for one reason or another.
Except for events that carry great weight, it is not experience per se, but how they match expectations, that governs their emotional impact
But, later, coming back and reading what I have produced, I am unable to detect the difference between what came easily and when I had to sit down and say, "Well, now it's writing time and now I'll write.