
“Success is fucking up on your own terms.”
Portland Mercury Q&A http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2010/09/30/a-few-notes-on-guillermo-del-toros-qanda
“Success is fucking up on your own terms.”
Portland Mercury Q&A http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2010/09/30/a-few-notes-on-guillermo-del-toros-qanda
“To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business, and your business in your heart. ”
“It does you good to be tenants. It reminds you of your own true position in the world.”
Part 10, section 15 - p.416
Novels, Cloudstreet (1991)
Source: Aleph (2011)
Context: It’s always easy to blame others. You can spend your entire life blaming the world, but your successes or failures are entirely your own responsibility. You can try to stop time, but it’s a complete waste of energy.
“Trust your heart, and success will come to you.”
OWN Network on "Oprah Winfrey Show"
CNN interview (2011)
“NEVER be surprised by your own success!”
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 25