Steven Soderbergh Quotes

The difference between one man and another is not mere ability it is energy.

Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire.

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.

She will be successful who is easy to start and hard to stop.

Creativity is incredibly important, but drive is equally so.

If you imagine someone with 100 percent determination and 100 percent intelligence, you can discard a lot of intelligence before they stop succeeding. But if you start discarding determination, you very quickly get an ineffectual and perpetual grad student.

And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy's sleeping? I'm working.

Well, you know what? The actor still gets up in the morning, if he's still got something to work with, you go out there and you do it. Never quit!

I need my natural laziness to be counteracted by obsession in order to do anything.

Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don't quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don't quit until you reach it. Never quit.

To succeed, one must be creative and persistent.

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

You want something? Go get it with single-minded devotion.

You have to be committed or you fall behind, lose out.

I don't think I've met anyone with a stronger work ethic than Ray Charles.

I'm a big believer in persistence, don't be greedy and, above all, work hard. It's what keeps me going.

I have a really powerful urge to see things work.

I'm really diligent; I have a really militant side of my personality that comes out in areas of work. I'm very motivated, you know?

One must keep working continuously; otherwise, one thinks of death.

Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent.

One who is persistent will excel.

I want to keep working. I shall continue to do my best.

My motto is, 'Never quit.'

I'm just a really hardworking person.

It takes a lot of drive to succeed as an independent producer.