When someone has spent a lifetime trying to survive a death sentence, the last thing you want is your children uncovering what… — Michael Korda Children Copy Share Image
Male chauvinism is . . . a shrewd method of extracting the maximum of work for the minimum of compensation. — Michael Korda Chauvinism Copy Share Image
Years of standing in the limelight portraying other people for large amounts of money does not usually lead to a high degree… — Michael Korda Alone Copy Share Image
We, in America and Great Britain, have never had to live with evil and ignore it, or pretend it wasn't happening, as… — Michael Korda America Copy Share Image
One of the first rules of playing the power game is that all bad news must be accepted calmly, as if one… — Michael Korda Accepted Copy Share Image
Success is the next best thing to happiness, and if you can't be happy as a success, it's very unlikely that you… — Michael Korda Best things Copy Share Image
For a brief moment, Ian Fleming made being an Englishman seem sexy, even to the French. He should have been awarded a… — Michael Korda Being Copy Share Image
“And like all the better professions, editing is something of an art, too, if it’s done well, and something of a mystery… — Michael Korda Art Copy Share Image
I never met Peter O'Toole, but he one was of those rare actors whose success was defined by a single role. His… — Michael Korda Actor Copy Share Image
I'd fought in the Hungarian Revolution in 1956, having left Oxford to do so. — Michael Korda Hungarian Copy Share Image
My own aunt was Merle Oberon, so movie stardom was not a faraway mystery to me as a child: it was part… — Michael Korda Business Copy Share Image
The image you project, in many circumstances, is far more valuable than your skills or your record of past accomplishments. — Michael Korda Accomplishment Copy Share Image
The pleasure lies not in the cookies, but in the pattern the crumbs make when the cookies crumble. — Michael Korda Crumbs Copy Share Image
It is hard to celebrate the past in an ecumenical way, or even in a fair-minded one, apparently. The trouble with the… — Michael Korda Celebrate 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
Men naturally resent it when women take greater liberties in dress than men are allowed. — Michael Korda Men Copy Share Image
From time to time, one imagined Bill Clinton had charisma, but it never really was more than an occasional false glare. — Michael Korda Bill clinton Copy Share Image
“Almost the first thing I learned about being an editor was that it was hard work. To be sure, ditchdiggers and miners… — Michael Korda Books 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
“None of this means of course that Robert E. Lee wasn't influenced by his father, or didn't inherit some of his better… — Michael Korda Civil war 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 Astronomy Copy Share Image
I am a stupendously fast reader and always have been. I can read in at least three languages fluently and two languages… — Michael Korda Always Copy Share Image
The real fans do not just admire the star of their choice, they identify with him or her, while the star, unlike… — Michael Korda Admire Copy Share Image
