"Success is not something you own; it's something you rent, and the rent is due every day. When you stop paying rent on success, you start paying the rent on failure."

“Personal publicity is apt to be dangerous to any writer's integrity; for the moment he begins to fancy himself as quite a person, a taint creeps into his work.”

“It's not the most intellectual job in the world, but I do have to know the letters.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“It takes a few years to prepare for a space mission.”

“My relationship with my readers is somewhat theatrical. One of the main things I try to do in my work is delight my readers.”

“Do not speak of repulsive matters at table.”

Source : Amy Vanderbilt (1954). “Amy Vanderbilt's complete book of etiquette: a guide to gracious living”

“In the circumstances in which the Republic finds itself, the constitution cannot be inaugurated; it would destroy itself ... The provisional government of France is revolutionary until there is peace.”

Source : Speech on October 10, 1793. "Oeuvres Complètes de Saint-Just", Volume 2, pp. 83-88, 1908.

“I'm a physical type of actor and love projects in which I can get physical. The more action, the better.”

“A kingdom man is a man who visibly demonstrates the comprehensive rule of God underneath the Lordship of Jesus Christ in every area of his life.”