Only those with great ambitions know what great fears drive them forward..

I am naturally fond of adventure, a little ambitious, and a good deal romantic - but patriotism was the true secret of my success..

There is hardly anybody good for everything, and there is scarcely anybody who is absolutely good for nothing..

All her life she had made her own mistakes and her own successes, both usually by trying what others said she could not do..

I see only what you see, but I notice what I see..

Eleanor Roosevelt is a political force of enormous ambitions. I believe she is a menace, unscrupulous as to truth, vain and cynical - all with a pret….

To write rhythmic prose one must go deep into oneself and find the anonymous and multiple rhythm of the blood. Prose needs to be built like a cathedr….

The more seriously you take yourself, the less others will..

I worked as hard as I could. I was always the first one on the ice, and the last one off..

I don't call myself an expert because I've played experts. I know a little bit about very little. But it's very hard to not be drawn into saying some….

Nothing leads so straight to futility as literary ambitions without systematic knowledge..

As actors we're supposed to be our character's advocate..

Sometimes creativity is a compulsion, not an ambition..

I've always put myself intensely into my work..

I believe in excellence. It is a basic need of every human soul. All of us can be excellent, because, fortunately, we are exceedingly diverse in our ….

I don't see the point in working just to be working..

I'm a free agent. I want the major-label budget for my next album, but I'm too big for the label to pay me. I don't want to be controlled, to be wate….

It's not so much do what you like as it is that you like what you do..

What we do belongs to what we are; and what we are is what becomes of us..

‎A change of work is the best rest..

When someone tells me not to do something, I'll do it more..