Quotes about "Success & Achievement"

It's very difficult to be objective about yourself and your own circumstances, but one thing I do know about is that I grew up surrounded by storytellers. ”

It's a matter of pride to me to get the film done fast, to get it done well. I understand the need for compromise. There is no such thing as a perfect shot, a perfect film. The purpose of film is not to make a monument to oneself. ”

The ultimate goal of therapy... it's too hard a question. The words come to me like tranquility, like fulfillment, like realizing your potential. ”

By the time I got to Northwestern University in 1930, I was a football bum more interested in being an All-Star player and signing on with a pro team than going after a newspaper job. ”

I absolutely consider fashion a form of art. Of course, there is some fashion that is not art at all - it's utilitarian, made for the purpose of covering up. And there are a lot of people out there who put a lot of effort into looking awful. But there are also people putting the same amount of energy into making bad art. ”

My father died when I was 14, and my mother juggled two jobs so she could make sure my sister and I were OK. ”

Do what in your heart you know is right. It is easy to get caught up in your ambitions, but no job is worth not being true to yourself. ”

Even when I get to the point where I am acting and performing, where I want to be with my career, I'm never going to think of anyone as lower than me. Everyone's the celebrity of their own life, you know? ”

I could not - and I still cannot - see a sustainable career as a filmmaker in which I focus fully on our gay stories. ”

Fighting bitterness can be a full-time job. ”