Philanthropy is the thing that I am really excited about and having success means I can do more.

The only thing I can say about having this type of success is that you can get yourself in trouble because basically the world is set open for you. People will say yes to anything you ask so it's basically down to you and what you want or need.

Real success is being totally indulgent about your own trip. You put your blinders on about the garbage and go full speed ahead.

Which is - you know like check it out I'm pretty young I'm only about 40 years old. I still have maybe another four decades of work left in me. And it's exceedingly likely that anything I write from this point forward is going to be judged by the world as the work that came after the freakish success of my last book right?

I feel lucky because I was a nerd which I talk about in the book but I had academic success so through that because that's what my parents put a great deal of value on I had a great childhood because I sort of fulfilled the expectations of being good at school.

This weird thing happens when you're in a movie that has some level of success. People start offering you all kinds of things and they just expect you to do them because they'll be good for your career. It's not about the project's integrity or anything like that.

Success is always something completely different to people. I feel like I've succeeded if I'm doing something that makes me happy and I'm not lying to anybody. I'm not doing that now so I feel really good about myself.

I think the success of democracy is not really police security it's the presence of a broad middle class. The stronger the middle class of a people is the less you have to worry about one group coming in and exploiting the democratic process for its own ends.

Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues tired of the effort of willing they become fanatics about conservatism.

I think all those people I did stories about measured their own success by the joy their work was giving them.

The thing you don't dream about as a kid is all the peripheral stuff that comes with success.

I define success as being comfortable with yourself and your life. And that is about as good as it gets really.

An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy who is about to look into a gas tank with a lighted match.

The two most important requirements for major success are: first being in the right place at the right time and second doing something about it.

I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful.

Success is about enjoying what you have and where you are while pursuing achievable goals.

There's no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn't tell you about it?