“In fact, depending on how much you earn, you can afford to pay somebody to do almost anything you don’t like to do.”

Unlike many people who start a new business, money was not my prime motivation – not that I was so well off that it wasn’t a consideration; in fact, I had put my lifetime savings on the line.

What the world thinks of me is none of my business.

Nobody wins ‘em all. If you come down on them too hard for losing, they’ll stop sticking their necks out.

Give yourself something to work toward – constantly.

Your attitude determines your altitude. It really is true that If you think you can, you can; and if you think you can’t – you’re right.

You must develop the ability to know the difference between a real problem and an imaginary one.

Do not desire to fit in. Desire to lead.

One of the secrets of success is to refuse to let temporary setbacks defeat us.

Think in terms of what’s good for the other person and success will seek you out.

We didn’t set the world on fire from the first day. Disappointments, setbacks and work created the company as it is today.

Forcing myself to think positively did wonders for my spirit. I was able to overcome the discontent inside me, and my old enthusiasm slowly returned.

I believe that most successful people are ordinary people with extraordinary determination.

People often resist change when they don’t participate in the decision-making process. Some of the best leaders ‘plant the seed’ that permits others to propose the idea and take credit for it!

Help other people get what they want – and you’ll get what you want.

Be a dreamer. Have a sense of greatness. It has been said that if you can dream it, you can do it. And I believe that. Before your dream can become a reality, you have to see it in your own mind; see its fulfillment, whatever it may be.

You are the only boss you have. And I want you to be the most demanding boss that you can be. If you really want to make a success of this business, then you must put yourself on a schedule.

As a matter of fact, I find the Western cinema very fantastic.

But facts are chiels that winna ding, An’ downa be disputed.

Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theory—let the theory go.

Christ cannot possibly have been a Jew. I don’t have to prove that scientifically. It’s a fact.

Today’s science fiction is tomorrow’s science fact.

Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.

I was clear about the fact that my first film should be ‘big,’ since it’s the start of your whole career graph.

The courts are so willing to assume that anything that is predominantly black must be inferior. The mere fact that a school is black does not mean that it is the product of an unconstitutional violation.