A lot of people don't do this. You can count on a couple of hands probably how many artists also produce and write, both for themselves and for others, and are able to be successful at both things.
The classical example of a successful research programme is Newton's gravitational theory: possibly the most successful research programme ever.
There's a wealth of information and knowledge you can gain from sitting down with people who are successful.
Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important.
Honestly, I'm not interested in gossip. Thing is, I know a lot of successful actors, and in hoping to be successful myself, I would like to think others would respect my privacy.
Qualifying for the second stage would be a successful World Cup for us. I think we can do it.
The pursuit of curiosity about the basic facts of nature has proven, with few exceptions throughout the history of medical science, to be the route by which the successful drugs and devices of modern medicine were discovered.
Founding a successful startup is no different than forming a rock band.
No matter how well you do, no matter how successful you are, they're always going to criticize you.
If nobody has really done a show about people in their twenties that has been successful, why?
When you start becoming really successful, the demons start to tempt you - the demons of vanity and self importance, drug abuse, the feelings of fraudulence. But, it's also a thrill. That's what I found weird.
But no, had I been successful in my 20s I would have been just fine. But it is nice to defy the odds.
The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just as long as it is good, and grabs the new just as soon as it is better.
It's not a very secure industry. I've spoken to a couple of people recently who had a successful TV show and then found themselves absolutely skint and struggling to find a job.
I don't want to be Angelina Jolie. Not that Angelina Jolie is not the most talented, beautiful, successful, amazing, admirable person who does good things for the world, but I don't want to be a movie star like that.
I guarantee the people who study are going to be successful. Nothing can replace hard work.
You don't have to show people how successful you are.
President Obama is the most successful food stamp president in American history. I would like to be the most successful paycheck president in American history.
To be successful, you really have to put your ego in the background and try to be diplomatic to achieve what you want to achieve.
If you read the script, and the character's got something in it that you relate to, then I am keen. But I really think, a lot of the time, my successful auditions are those where I really care about the characters.
The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.
Obviously, the easiest recipes are the most successful when it comes to the home cook, because they're not intimidated by them. If I'm doing 'Boy Meets Grill,' and I do something very simple like grilled hamburgers or steaks or chicken, those are the most sought-after recipes.
When you're around enormously successful people you realise their success isn't an accident - it's about work.
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.
People ask me all the time, 'How can I become a successful entrepreneur?' And I have to be honest: It's one of my least favorite questions, because if you're waiting for someone else's advice to become an entrepreneur, chances are you're not one.
It's important to be successful enough to be able to keep doing what you love.
News reporting is a cycle: No matter how much you work at sending a message, it's only successful if it's received.
When Barack Obama was asked about his lack of executive experience in 2008, he pointed to his successful campaign as proof he could manage the presidency.
When I ran the stock exchange, it was the most successful it's been in its 200-plus-year history. And I was rewarded for success; I would not have been rewarded if we failed.
The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal.
If it was really successful, it was a life calling, a career I was excited about doing, so I didn't think the overall risk was anywhere near as high as what the reward was.
The effectiveness of advertising depends on the amount and kind of product information available to consumers... advertising will be more successful the more impoverished the consumer's information environment.
I'm not a Saban guy, because I don't like liars, and I think he lied. I think he lied to the Miami Dolphins and to the fans of Miami, and he left. And it's pretty simple: I think integrity is very important; if you don't have integrity, I don't know how you can be successful.
Good short-story collections, like good record albums, are almost always hit-and-miss affairs - successful if they include three or four great tracks, wildly successful if they have five. And that's as it should be.
I've seen that phenomenally successful people believe they can learn something from everybody. I call them 'mavericks with mentors.' Richard Branson, for instance, is a total maverick but he surrounds himself with incredibly successful, smart people and he listens to them.
The '80s were about trying to establish myself as an actor with a career. And being a teenager enjoying the fruits of being successful with lots of what I think is appropriate for that age.