Quotes About Ambition

When I got back to Madison Avenue, I realized that copywriters made more than artists, so I switched.

I always wanted to be a pilot, though somewhere down the line switched to computers.

My dad wanted me to be a scientist and I was set to study science A-levels. But after the first term I realised it would be much more enjoyable to study English and history, which didn't seem like work - so I switched.

I have a piece of land in Delhi, but I have never had enough money to support dual establishments. I always thought of owning a house in Delhi as well. When you go to London or Switzerland, you dream of having a house even there. But you cannot have everything. I have a plot in Delhi, so I think I should have a house here as well.

When I was still young and living in Switzerland, I had auditioned in Munich for a German film and was rejected. So I gave up and concentrated on my stage work. But I always wanted to make films.

Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones.

The world continues to offer glittering prizes to those who have stout hearts and sharp swords.

When I was just a girl in Sydney, no one thought, 'Oh, she's going to be a movie star.' No one. I had to get by with actual skill and talent.

When I was 17, I moved to Sydney to study set design at NIDA.

At one point, I was thinking about going to the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, but then I realized it's actually not what I wanted to do.

At first I moved from Sydney to Melbourne, because most of the comedy was shot in Melbourne, and then from Melbourne to Los Angeles - and you have to sacrifice stuff.

I'd want to play the Sydney Opera House.

Elvis is symbolic of a lot of things, dreams coming true being one of them.

Anne Boleyn isn't a sympathetic character, but I like that she isn't a people pleaser. She's ambitious and manipulative, but she's honest. I'm biased, but I don't think a woman who has said 'no' to the King of England for six years would jump into bed with four of his best friends. She was a slick political mind.

I was an outsider... but I was also sympathetic with people that were struggling to get up, because I struggled to get up.

There's something very beautiful and compelling about someone who has ambition and someone who knows what they want, but it can get a little frustrating at times, so I understand that. I have sympathy for that.

Having a baby is a disaster for your career. I don't think there's any sympathy.

I don't see myself necessarily having a burning desire to write a symphony.

When I was just coming up, I always wanted to be able to perform to a large crowd with a symphony.

I don't pretend to want to write the Great American Symphony.

I've got Peter Pan syndrome. It's not that I refuse to grow up - I love building businesses; I want to be a good husband, a good father. But I don't want to be boring. I don't want to be normal.

Maybe it's oldest-child syndrome, but I have always been competitive, even as a kid with sports. It spills into my career.

Too many executives I've met over the years have the mentality of a bodybuilder; they've come to accept the idea that growth is synonymous with success.

'America' is synonymous with opportunity.