If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep.

Talk to anyone about himself positively and he'll listen without interruption.

criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurt his sense of importace and arouse resentment.

All art is autobiographical. You can only create what you are.

If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.

If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. Intelligence is like underwear, everyone has it, but you don't have to show it off. The expression a woman wears on her face is more important than the clothes she wears on her back.