Anyone who has gumption knows what it is, and anyone who hasn't can never know what it is. So there is no need of defining it.
I write because I'm afraid to say some things out loud.
I was as scared as I'd ever been. There was screaming everywhere now, and more bodies on the floor, and the press from behind was as relentless as a bulldozer. It was all I could do to keep on my feet.
Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.
Anger at lies lasts forever. Anger at truth can't last.
Starting with getting run down by a drunk burning his way down Valencia -- that were infinitely more likely and immediate than terrorists.
The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in this business. You've got to keep on working that talent. Someday I'll reach for it and it won't be there.