Raymond E. Feist Quotes

I got a chance to work with Stallone and De Niro - pretty much sums it up for me. You can tell where you're going in your career by the company you keep.

My fans and people who know of my character want to see me become more successful.

At the beginning of my career, I worked for a lot of people who nobody knew, who have come up to be people that everybody knows.

I measure success depending on the brands that come to you, the opportunities that you get, also the feedback that you get from people.

I didn't dream that I would become the CEO of the company when I joined as a systems marketing engineer back in 1995. Sometimes, I don't really reconcile to it; it's a bit of an odd sensation which is under the surface.

I would rather have a career where I improve year after year than go to the top and then decline. There are a lot of strikers that reached the top before 25, but after 25, they went down.

With or without the idol tag, I believe I will be recognized for what I have done.

I proved myself in Barcelona, and after I proved myself in Germany, I wanted to prove myself in England.

It's crazy so many people know my name now. But I really do deserve it because I have put in a lot of work and sacrifices.

I always wanted to be one of the best, make a mark on the history of the game. For me, for my country, for my family.

You can have all the stats in the world, but if you're losing, you're probably not going to get talked about. Probably will, but not in a good way.

I'm not just looking to be famous and attach myself to famous names. I want to make history in the business in terms of creativity.

You're always working to try and climb that ladder.

I'm not a big fan of fame; I'm a big fan of success.

'Balika Vadhu' happened to me because I worked hard in my earlier shows. So, in a way, they are responsible for building my identity.

Man, it's hard to beat having gotten to play Superman. But where do you go from there? Aren't careers supposed to culminate in a role like that? And because I'm a big fat geek, as long as there's stuff I'm excited about - and isn't that really the definition of geek? - there'll always be roles I'd love to play.

Even after the first three series, I'm sure I would've been known all my life as James Herriot. I was concerned that I would dig the hole deeper, and I'm sure that's what I've done. I'm sure of it.

I never knew you could be so known from your success.

'PKP' was a huge success, and even the sequel did well. I became very choosy after that.

I think the biggest thing is that success is not measured by whether or not you're on 'CBS This Morning' or whether or not you make the local news station.

I'm not just looking for hits.

If you're at the top, people worship you wherever you go. But when you're dying down, it's difficult to sell tickets!

I had no sense of 'Gotta work hard to be famous.' Never have done, and still don't.

I did not win anything at Leverkusen so to win six titles in four years with Bayern shows the move was worthwhile.

As I get older and older, people like my work more and more.