perseverance Quotes

Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

No great thing is created suddenly.

Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.

The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

If I had been asked to write 1,200 words for a newspaper tomorrow, on any subject, I would just do it rather than leave a white hole in the page. And I think it's a very healthy attitude to take to writing anything.

I write for film or, in this case, television when I haven't got a play cooking.

The whole excitement for writing anything is quite intense. And for a day or two, you think you've done everything extremely well. The problems start on the third day, and continues for the rest of your life.

In the end, one has to feel lucky that things fell out O.K. I've felt that all the years I've been writing plays.

It takes a lot of effort to be vibrant.