There may be people who have more talent than you but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I believe that.

Don't ever ever believe anyone who tells you that you can just get by by doing the easiest thing possible. Because there's always somebody behind you who really wants to do what you're doing. And they're going to work harder than you if you're not working hard.

Having a second chance makes you want to work even harder.

But I work harder now because I have so much more exposure. And actually the harder you work as a writer the better you get at it. It's like anything else. It's a muscle you have to exercise. I write more now than ever.

I am only an average man but by George I work harder at it than the average man.

The harder you work the harder it is to surrender.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there you can move mountains.

The harder I work the luckier I get.

Trouble is kids feel they have to shock their elders and each generation grows up into something harder to shock.