A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

Inbusiness, you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.

Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Goodcommunication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleepafter.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

When indoubt, ask. When not in doubt, ask. If you are not in doubt, you may bekidding yourself.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.