Quotes About Success

My grandmother didn't live to see us begin our lives in public service. But she probably would have thought it extraordinary that just two generations after she arrived in San Antonio, one grandson would be the mayor and the other would be on his way - the good people of San Antonio willing- to the United States Congress.

In 1999 and 2000, when I was a young editorial writer at the 'Post', the 'Post' won the public service medal two years running.

I'd been writing poems for many years, but most of them I didn't like. Then, when I was 23, I wrote one I did like, sent it to 'The Paris Review' - the highest publication I could think of - and they accepted it. No other moment in my literary life has quite come close to that.

When Fargo came out, I hired a publicist for the first time in my life. I thought, if ever I was going to make it, that was then.

I did 'The Karate Kid,' then I just went back to college. I didn't know how much money it made and I didn't have a publicist. I didn't have any sense of the business part of it.

I have the best agent, manager, publicist, acting coach, and lawyer. Without them, I wouldn't have the opportunities that I've had.

Now I have an agent, a manager, a lawyer, a publicist, all the king's horses and all the king's men.

Buzz and the right publicist are not only important but crucial in show business.

After three major movies, I was like, 'Oh, I guess you're supposed to get a publicist?' Girls that are in the business now that are successful are more savvy.

I was a publicist for other people's movies.

I tend to avoid interviews, I don't have a publicist and fear of failure is still very much alive in my personal life.

When it comes to the awards and everything, and the press, the publicity, this is all icing on the cake to me.

I never had any real expectations about what sort of success I would have or all the publicity.

Many people you think are individual achievers in fact have either a strong spousal partner over many years or a business partner who's either in the background, not given enough publicity or less egocentric.

Any article's good. Long as it's publicity, I think that's all that matters. I think it's advancement for my career.

I started doing American films and TV before Priyanka, but of course I do small roles in big films, and I don't have the publicity machine working around me.

People got to know us from hearing us live because there wasn't much publicity or radio airplay for a long time.

I don't go running after publicity.

When I was playing and playing real well I didn't get any publicity.

The things that I have done that haven't been as successful have been things that have been largely out of the public view, which is great. It's terrible, when you're a theater writer, to have a big flop publicly.

If I were to publicly give away my secrets, I'd be dumb. I am an intelligent woman who is focused on the prize.

I began writing seriously in my mid-20s and didn't publish my first book until I was 41.

It's taken me 15 years to feel I might be able to write and publish short stories, and for the assiduous checks of the industry to allow some through.

As lifelong fans of comic books, Dan Didio and myself, we definitely have our own takes on what make for successful comics and the kind of comics that we want to publish.