“I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.”

“The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.”

“Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.”

“It's absolutely essential that we have the same safeguards that straight couples do. But I want more than a 50 percent chance of success. I don't want to emulate that.”

“Nobody travels on the road to success without a puncture or two.”

“Success is a great deodorant.”

“No experience is a cause of success or failure. We do not suffer from the shock of our experiences, so-called trauma - but we make out of them just what suits our purposes.”

“The Lord gave us two ends - one to sit on and the other to think with. Success depends on which one we use the most.”

“I never expected any sort of success with 'Mockingbird'... I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement.”