Michael Korda

• Born: 1933
• Birthplace: London, England

Michael Korda was the editor in chief of Simon & Schuster in NYC and the author of many books, including Horse People, Country Matters, and Ulysses S. Grant. The son of actress Gertrude Musgrove and film production designer Vincent Korda, and the nephew of Hungarian-born film magnate Sir Alexander Korda, Michael Korda grew up in the film industry. He studied in England, France and Switzerland before entering Oxford University.

Korda moved to New York City in the 1950s, where he was employed by playwright Sidney Kingsley as a research assistant. In 1958 he joined the book publishing firm, Simon & Schuster, starting as an assistant editor. He went on to become Editor-in-Chief of the company and was a major figure in the book industry, publishing numerous works by such high-profile writers and personalities as William L. Shirer, Will and Ariel Durant, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. He also edited the more commercially successful novels of authors such as Jacqueline Susann and Harold Robbins.

In 1994, Korda was diagnosed as having prostate cancer; three years later, he wrote Man to Man about his medical experience. In 2000, he published Another Life: A Memoir of Other People, a book about the world of publishing.

Most Famous Works

• Another Life: A Memoir of Other People (1999)
• Power! How to Get It, How to Use It (1975)
• Success! How Every Man and Woman Can Achieve It (1977)

Quotes:

"The more you can dream, the more you can do."

"Your chances of success are directly proportional to the degree of pleasure you desire from what you do. If you are in a job you hate, face the fact squarely and get out."

"Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets."

"The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance."

"Luck can often mean simple taking advantage of a situation at the right moment, It is possible to make your luck by being always prepared."

"Men naturally resent it when women take greater liberties in dress than men are allowed."

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