An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself prisoner of style prisoner of reputation prisoner of success etc.

The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand and the thing we have made and the things we have made of ourselves on the other.

The more defects a man may have the older he is the less lovable the more resounding his success.

We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?

If success is a habit it is a hard one to acquire.

Never mind what others do do better than yourself beat your own record from day to day and you are a success.

Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn't guarantee success but without it you don't have a chance.

When I finish a picture I don't show it to anyone if I feel it's not good enough yet. I've learnt to listen to my partners and my friends. For me it's the biggest success if they like it.

Whether a party can have much success without a woman present I must ask others to decide but one thing is certain no party is any fun unless seasoned with folly.

While I was doing stand-up I thought I knew for sure that success meant getting everyone to like me. So I became whoever I thought people wanted me to be. I'd say yes when I wanted to say no and I even wore a few dresses.