Quotes About Perseverance

Every time I get through the work on a book of nonfiction, I say I'll never do it again; it takes so much out of you.

I think I'm scared a lot. I'm scared of almost everything. And I'm constantly trying to work my way through each obstacle, whether it's a present, past, or future relationship.

My work ethic is something that I thought would help the team.

Physical rehab is often very, very hard work.

I work a lot and I like to get out and work but the work I do to make the other work work I'm not very good at.

I've just been working hard, trying to get some good stuff to come out.

Faith is an indispensable part of work, whether that work is paid or unpaid.

Making books is hard work. Some books are, of course, more demanding than others.

He had kept his head, kept his health and his strength, bearing up under a weight of work and worry that only a few could have carried.

I love all sides of the work but that doesn't mean it isn't hard.

I often lose myself in the Sudoku-like challenges of making a book work.

Well, I realized finally that all of the hard work paid off.

You learn by trying and failing. Just a lot of hard work and mistakes.

I don't write a quick draft and then revise; instead, I work slowly page by page, revising and polishing.

When I'm working on a novel, I work 70-hour weeks.

I always work on New Year's Eve, no matter what.

Bobby [Fosse] was very difficult to work with, he wanted to be a big star at MGM, but it was the end of making musical movies at the time.

Once the initial excitement wears off and it's time to sit down to write, the authors are usually still very eager, but the reality of doing the work can be a little daunting.

If you see me doing a new stand-up special, it probably means I've been out of work for a while.

Understand your fears and then work to conquer them.

If they watch me play, people will say I'm not into it or whatever. That's okay. I kind of like it. People don't know how much work I'm putting into it. They don't need to know.

I'm not a Casanova in 'The Newsroom,' by the way - just another hard worker.

I left school with no qualifications, but I was doing theatre and film work and thought that was the best thing since sliced bread.

I read all the time. People ask, 'Do you read while you work?' And I say, 'I better.' I take two or three years to finish one of my enormous books, and I can't go that long without reading.