Nearly everyone I met worked with or read about was my teacher one way or another.

My formula for success is rise early work late and strike oil.

Success is the necessary misfortune of life but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.

Am I coasting on some early success? Yeah. It was a good lucky break for me. But I would rather earn my way back again than simply conform to what people are expecting.

My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline even in that sphere where it is so often regarded as the first essential for success.

Nearly all monster stories depend for their success on Jack killing the Giant Beowulf or St. George slaying the Dragon Harry Potter triumphing over the basilisk. That is their inner grammar and the whole shape of the story leads towards it.

Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. 'Get up early work late - and strike oil.'

Breast cancer deaths in America have been declining for more than a decade. Much of that success is due to early detection and better treatments for women. I strongly encourage women to get a mammogram.

Formula for success: rise early work hard strike oil.

It's funny because in drama school my greatest strength was my range. So my early career was like that: I played all kinds of different characters.