The advice I would offer to any writer is that even when you think you have revised your book to the point… — Michael Korda Advice Copy Share Image
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
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
From time to time, one imagined Bill Clinton had charisma, but it never really was more than an occasional false glare. — Michael Korda 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
One of the first rules of playing the power game is that all bad news must be accepted calmly, as if one… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
I attended first a military academy, then a public school in Beverly Hills, where we lived, and many of my classmates were… — Michael Korda Beverly hills 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 Admiration Copy Share Image
“Escapism sold books, to be sure, but not nearly as many as were sold by exposing America’s flaws and making the average… — Michael Korda Book club Copy Share Image
Surrounded by high-paid publicity people and professional ego massagers, movie stars, like politicians, almost invariably come to believe that they are nicer,… — Michael Korda 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
Frost was no match for Nixon - far from being an intrepid and challenging interviewer, he was a pushover for the great… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
Citizens of Rome might boast that the claim of 'Civus romanus sum' set them apart from barbarians and slaves, and it was… — Michael Korda Compassion Copy Share Image
In my experience, with very few exceptions - I am, as it happens, one of the exceptions - the one thing that… — Michael Korda 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
In 1918, Germany suffered the ghastly consequences of defeat; France suffered those of victory, the price of which was to divide and… — Michael Korda Consequences 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
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 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 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
In Eastern Europe, the past is not only always hovering over the present, it is not even passed. It waits, like some… — Michael Korda Eastern europe Copy Share Image
The novelist wants to know how things will turn out; the historian already knows how things turned out, but wants to know… — Michael Korda 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
While politicians may be forgiven for failing to predict the future - who can, alas? - it is amazing that they defiantly… — Michael Korda Amazing Copy Share Image
For a book publisher, there is hardly a more dangerous category than that of celebrity autobiography. Forget who it's by, most books… — Michael Korda Autobiography Copy Share Image
