The purely agitation attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject. — Michael Korda Attitude Copy Share Image
Success was always critical to me. What it meant was winning enough praise and external admiration that I could feel myself to… — Michael Korda Father Copy Share Image
I always thought of myself as a kind of literary bureaucrat. And that was never going to be enough for me. — Michael Korda Always Copy Share Image
I only met Ian Fleming once, at a party given by my father's friend the director Carol Reed, at his house at… — Michael Korda Director Copy Share Image
T. E. Lawrence was far more than a glamorous, swashbuckling, heroic figure in flowing robes mounted on a camel, leading the Arab… — Michael Korda Figure Copy Share Image
Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action for all eternity. — Michael Korda Action 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
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
Concentration is the magic key that opens the door to accomplishment. By concentrating our efforts upon a few major goals, our efficiency… — Michael Korda Accomplishment 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
When I was a child in England before the war, Christmas pudding always contained at least one shiny new sixpence, and it… — Michael Korda Children 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
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
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
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 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
It is curious that the two best-known British historians in the United States are Andrew Roberts and Niall Ferguson, each of whom… — Michael Korda American Copy Share Image
I don't give plots to Harold Robbins or Graham Greene, because they don't need them, but a lot of authors do. — Michael Korda Because Copy Share Image
This is true enough, but success is the next best thing to happiness, and if you can't be happy as a success,… — Michael Korda Best Copy Share Image
Concentration is the magic key that opens the door to accomplishment. By concentrating our efforts upon a few major goals, our efficiency… — Michael Korda Accomplishment Copy Share Image
I do not start with a full knowledge of the facts; the whole attraction of writing history is to educate myself: it… — Michael Korda History Copy Share Image
I did meet Sen. Robert Kennedy, and it taught me something about political charisma. — Michael Korda About Copy Share Image
