“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.”

“I believe there are three keys to success. For me it is keeping my priorities in order: It's my faith and my family, and then the business.”

“Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.”

“You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.”

“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.”

“Success and the art of making music are two different things for me.”

“The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit.”

“I was very clear that I wanted to keep 'Thor' out of the rest of the Marvel universe for no less than the first six issues. And the success of the book, I think, speaks well to that decision.”

“I'm not after fame and success and fortune and power. It's mostly that I want to have a good job and have good friends that's the good stuff in life.”