The only success worth one's powder was success in the line of one's idiosyncrasy... what was talent but the art of being completely whatever one happened to be?

My career started young and I was really ambitious and then I had success and I hung out with people who were much older. I think I might have been temporally misplaced so I thought I was 40. It was a premature midlife crisis.

When somebody has an enormous success in this culture people start asking two questions which are 'What are you doing now?' and 'How are you going to beat that?' And I have to say I love the assumption that your intention is to beat yourself constantly - that you're in battle against yourself.

Which is - you know like check it out I'm pretty young I'm only about 40 years old. I still have maybe another four decades of work left in me. And it's exceedingly likely that anything I write from this point forward is going to be judged by the world as the work that came after the freakish success of my last book right?

I had a lot of success from the start. I never really was tested for long periods of time. I got my first professional job while I was a senior in college. I signed with the William Morris Agency before I graduated.

Anytime you play a team sport the success of the team really makes everything better. It's nice.

Sometimes success will get in the way of maturity - at least temporarily.

The road to success is filled with women pushing their husbands along.

I feel lucky because I was a nerd which I talk about in the book but I had academic success so through that because that's what my parents put a great deal of value on I had a great childhood because I sort of fulfilled the expectations of being good at school.

My father was an immigrant who literally walked across Europe to get out of Russia. He fought in World War I. He was wounded in action. My father was a great success even though he never had money. He was a very determined man a great role model.

The hardest thing to find in life is balance - especially the more success you have the more you look to the other side of the gate. What do I need to stay grounded in touch in love connected emotionally balanced? Look within yourself.

They thought I was a success as soon as I started paying the bills.

No one ever attains success by simply doing what is required of him.

The film is not a success until it makes money. It's only good when there's a dollar figure attached to the box office.

I've had great success being a total idiot.

Success is following the pattern of life one enjoys most.

The secret of success is sincerity.

So much of a professional athlete's success depends upon not necessarily the play itself but how he deals with... always saying how you deal with good is just as important as how you deal with bad.

Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself.

The only question to ask yourself is how much are you willing to sacrifice to achieve this success?

To do a common thing uncommonly well brings success.

People think your success is just a matter of having a pretty face. But it's easy to be chewed up and spat out. You've got to stay ahead of the game to be able to stay in it.

I've learned that success comes in a very prickly package. Whether you choose to accept it or not is up to you.

I planned my success. I knew it was going to happen.