Talk in terms of the other person's interests.

Applause is a receipt, not a bill.

If you increase your success by even a mere 10 percent, you have become 10 percent more effective as a leader than you were before.

There is only one way under high heaven to get anybody to do anything. Did you ever stop to think of that? Yes, just one way. And that is by making the other person want to do it.

Looking at the other person's point of view and arousing in him an eager want for something is not to be construed as manipulating that person so that he will do something that is only for your benefit and his detriment. Each party should gain from the negotiation.

People say I'm cocky, but am I supposed to sit here and be insecure and not know where my future's going or not realize that moviemaking is the greatest thing to happen to me?

There is no such thing as constructive criticism.