determination Quotes

My Sunday mornings are spent in a recovery meeting in Pacific Palisades.

Do we really need these big, gigantic, heavy rockets? What if we launch a rocket that's empty, and its sole purpose is to act as a source of fuel on the Moon? Who should build that? Well, I think the U.S. should build that.

My only writing ritual is to shave my head bald between writing the first and second drafts of a book. If I can throw away all my hair, then I have the freedom to trash any part of the book on the next rewrite.

People said that 'Fight Club' would be impossible to turn into a movie, but I think David Fincher loved that challenge.

When the 'Fight Club' movie was going into production, I quit my job so I could write full-time.

To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself.

We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.

All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.

When I won the Golden Gloves in 1960, that made me realize I had a chance. And when I won at the Olympics, that sealed it: I was the champ.

I don't have to be what you want me to be.