The freedom to fail is vital if you're going to succeed. Most successful people fail from time to time, and it is… — Michael Korda Failure Copy Share Image
I once attended a birthday party where Danny Kaye dropped in to entertain the birthday boy and his guests; I was sometimes… — Michael Korda Beverly hills Copy Share Image
“It must be nice, Queenie thought, to be one thing or another, to know where you belonged.” — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
Nixon knew exactly what he wanted to accomplish in his four interviews with David Frost, quite apart from having his agent Irving… — Michael Korda Accomplish 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
Even almost a century after her death, Sarah Bernhardt, the French actress whose extraordinary personality, flamboyant life and passionate nature became a… — Michael Korda Death 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
Prime ministers come and go, but so long as he or she lives, the sovereign remains, receiving and reading all state papers… — Michael Korda Come and go Copy Share Image
My father and his brothers never mentioned to their English wives and children that they were Jewish. Being Hungarian was exotic and… — Michael Korda Children Copy Share Image
The rich and famous expect to get a lot for their story, whether they are writing it themselves or not. It's not… — Michael Korda Ego Copy Share Image
Speaking as somebody who is half English and half Hungarian, World War I still seems to me a familiar and seismic event,… — Michael Korda Half Copy Share Image
There used to be a strong belief that if you wanted to know what was really going on in a country, the… — Michael Korda Belief 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 Elders Copy Share Image
Chanel took women out of corsets and put them into the 'simple little black dress,' the perfectly tailored suit, the bell-bottom sailor… — Michael Korda Black Copy Share Image
When I started work at Simon & Schuster in 1958, each of us got a bronze paperweight on which was written, in… — Michael Korda Books Copy Share Image
There are people to whom heroism under fire comes naturally and seemingly without effort, but Patton was not one of them. — Michael Korda Effort Copy Share Image
Of course the rich and famous tend to have more going on in their lives than ordinary people, but they aren't always… — Michael Korda Famous Copy Share Image
The studio moguls were certainly bigger-than-life figures, but they were also tough and unforgiving street fighters to a man, redeemed only because… — Michael Korda Butt 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
I come from a family that was very strong, very successful, very bizarre, and terrifically exciting. Being a Korda is something I… — Michael Korda Family Copy Share Image
“Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully for its hidden assets.” — Michael Korda Failure Copy Share Image
