Quotes About Struggle

I learned a lot from not having success, and realizing when you do have success, how hard it is to maintain it, and what you have to do to maintain it.

As for how I feel about any success I've had, I just feel extremely lucky. Writing is a tough racket, and there are a lot of writers out there better than me who can't seem to catch a break.

I still haven't come to grips with our success.

People don't understand the pressure on me to look perfect.

Success is both an addiction and an enslavement.

Adversity is solitary, while prosperity dwells in a crowd

I should be a success and I'm not and other people- younger people- are. Younger people than me are on TV and getting their lives in order. I'm still a nobody. When am I going to not be a nobody?

A student of mine is an actor, he used to go into these interviews and sometimes not get the part. He was "taken out". Someone would use power in a way that would cause him not to succeed

My strength has not equaled my mad ambition. I have remained obscure; I have done worse -- I have touched success, and allowed it to escape me.

You know, many of you kids can't relate to what it takes to get to the top rung, the top of the heap, to have success. We're looking for things that come in a minute. It just doesn't happen.

One thing that was inspiring to me in my research about [Georgia] O'Keeffe was to learn that in addition to her success she had very hard times, and times when she was frustrated and uninspired.

Everyone applauds each other's success in Hollywood because they know how tough it is, but it really comes down fundamentally to the process.

I'm not an overnight success. My early publishing history, through my first five books, was unfortunate in many respects, typified by a couple of short anecdotes.

It's hard dealing with day to day disappointments and feeling like you can't find success. Especially when your best friend is Pixar.

The problem with being British... I don't know if it's me being British or being raised a strict Catholic, but you never really enjoy success.

My problem is that I don't get the same exhiliration from success as I get depression from failure.

Even success needs its consolations.

The wretchedness of failure is the great attraction of success.

So many stars lose their way, and with success become more neurotic, not less so.

Hollywood has a way of making everything seem like an overnight success.

Before I tried LSD, I'd been going to a psychologist for a couple of years. I found out about success that you have to fight for it a lot, then when you achieve it, you can't give up the fight.

In any profession, there are always ups and downs.

Before my commercial success, I had difficulty doing what I wanted, but my sincere short films always won prizes in festivals. So I was ready for larger successes.

It's man's to fight, but heaven's to give success.