The only success worth ones powder was success in the line of ones idiosyncrasy… what was talent but the art of being completely whatever one happened to be? – Henry James
Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones at hand do more toward a happy life than whole volumes that we know not where to find. – Seneca
Thats the way this business works: if your movies do well at the box office, you will be offered more movies. It doesnt matter if youre a nice guy or youre a prick. If your movies do well, theres a job waiting for you in Hollywood. Its not any more complicated than that. – Matt Damon