I'd fought in the Hungarian Revolution in 1956, having left Oxford to do so. — Michael Korda Hungarian Copy Share Image
Curiosity is the best motive for writing: curiosity about the world at large, or about oneself. — Michael Korda Best Copy Share Image
It is not necessary to agree with the Arab point of view about their own history, but it is foolish to ignore… — Michael Korda Arab Copy Share Image
The normal reaction of a publisher when faced with an author with a bee in his bonnet is to grab the check… — Michael Korda Bee Copy Share Image
Success has always been easy to measure. It is the distance between one's origins and one's final achievement. — Michael Korda Achievement Copy Share Image
Most biographers are apt to be discouraged by the sheer volume of papers left behind by their subject. — Michael Korda Behind Copy Share Image
Concentration is the magic key that opens the door to accomplishment. — Michael Korda Accomplishment Copy Share Image
Much of my publishing life was consumed by the memoirs of movie stars - or by attempts to get them to write… — Michael Korda Life Copy Share Image
Ronald Reagan had a kind of shallow movie-star charisma - a combination of makeup and the skill of a good actor -… — Michael Korda Actor Copy Share Image
It strikes me that people want to be engaged, and that those who go into a bookstore in a time of crisis… — Michael Korda Bookstore Copy Share Image
When the Second World War came to an end in Europe, my uncle Sir Alexander Korda was the first filmmaker to reopen… — Michael Korda End Copy Share Image
To have a childhood surrounded by people like Sir Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh sounds glitzy, but for years I wanted to… — Michael Korda Childhood Copy Share Image
Some people are so famous that the legends about them and the cultural aftermath of their life altogether obscure the real human… — Michael Korda Fame Copy Share Image
Many years ago, I had the pleasure of editing a book by Joan Crawford, who, like Norma Desmond, was still a big… — Michael Korda Big Copy Share Image
If you don't believe in yourself, then who will believe in you? The next man's way of getting there might not necessarily… — Michael Korda Believe Copy Share Image
When my elders mentioned 'The War,' they invariably meant that of 1914-1918, even after 1939, for the Second World War was merely… — Michael Korda Armistice Copy Share Image
If you're a retailer and know that once a year you're going to get Mary Higgins Clark's book on a given date,… — Michael Korda Book Copy Share Image
The first thing to be said about 'Prague Winter,' former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's new book, is that she very wisely… — Michael Korda Late Copy Share Image
The French consider themselves the guardians of the world's culture and do not bother to hide the fact, which is annoying, but… — Michael Korda Culture Copy Share Image
Indeed, it is measure of how little we know about Cleopatra that the only images of her are either the coins she… — Michael Korda Cleopatra Copy Share Image
Those of us who have not had the experience of being invaded by the Germans are in no position to criticize those… — Michael Korda Being Copy Share Image
Peter Fleming was a famous English traveler, explorer and adventurer, whose non-fiction books were hugely successful. My father owned signed copies of… — Michael Korda Adventure Copy Share Image
It's one thing to be writing in South or Latin America, where, except for Brazil, every country, however small and hard to… — Michael Korda America Copy Share Image
You need your strength and you need as much support from family, friends, and loved ones as you can get. — Michael Korda Family Copy Share Image
Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets. — Michael Korda Assets Copy Share Image
“Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully for its hidden assets.” — Michael Korda Failure Copy Share Image
Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action for all eternity. — Michael Korda Action Copy Share Image
We sell books, other people sell shoes. What's the difference? Publishing isn't the highest art. — Michael Korda Art Copy Share Image
I find that nonfiction writers are the likeliest to turn out interesting novels. — Michael Korda Books Copy Share Image
The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance. — Michael Korda Appearance Copy Share Image
The pleasure lies not in the cookies, but in the pattern the crumbs make when the cookies crumble. — Michael Korda Crumble Copy Share Image
Few things are more painful than being a successful writer born in a small country with an impenetrable language. — Michael Korda Being Copy Share Image
The purely agitation attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject. — Michael Korda Agitation Copy Share Image
“My father, Vincent, a rumpled Bohemian who had followed his” — Michael Korda Father Copy Share Image
“It must be nice, Queenie thought, to be one thing or another, to know where you belonged.” — Michael Korda Belonged Copy Share Image
Men naturally resent it when women take greater liberties in dress than men are allowed. — Michael Korda Feminism Copy Share Image
The relationship between stars and their fans is always ambivalent and often highly charged with contradictory and ambivalent emotions, of which the… — Michael Korda Ambivalent Copy Share Image
