I tell myself lies and soon I believe them.

Pride is holding your head up when everyone around you has theirs bowed. Courage is what makes you do it.

Always listen to yourself. It is better to be wrong than to simply follow convention. If you are wrong, no matter, you have learned something and you will grow stronger. If you are right, you have taken another step toward a fulfilling life.

One thing is certain in life. Just when things are going well, soon afterward they are certain to go wrong. It's just the way things are meant to be.

I wish to cup knowledge in my hand and drink it as one drinks water by the side of the stream.

My job is essentially that of an entertainer, no different to that of a musician, no different to that of an actor. I just happen to be an author.

When men can be made to hope, then they can be made to win.