Sylvester Stallone

“I have a fear of heights that borders on mania.”

“I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind, furious optimism.”

“When I was a kid, my mother used to feed me mashed-potato sandwiches, brussel sprout sandwiches; my brain cells were starving from lack of food. I'll eat anything. I'll eat dirt.”

“I believe there's an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts.”

“It would be great to be able to pass on to someone all of the successes, the failures, and the knowledge that one has had. To help someone, avoid all the fire, pain and anxiety would be wonderful.”

“Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure.”

“I have great expectations for the future, because the past was highly overrated.”

“I try to combine in my paintings cinematic feeling, emotional feeling, and sometimes actually writing on the page to combine all the different elements of communication.”

“When life hits you pretty hard, you can go into a dark corner.”

“There's a natural law of karma that vindictive people, who go out of their way to hurt others, will end up broke and alone.”

“I have tons of regrets, but I think that's one of the reasons that push people to create things. Out of their angst, their regret, comes the best from artists, painters and writers.”

“I have a lack of fear, whereas in the past the fear of failure was a powerful motivator. Anyway, I have great expectations for the future, but I just don't know if I'm the monarch of all I survey.”