Quotes about Persistence

I always worked until I had something done and I always stopped when I knew what was going to happen next. That way I could be sure of going on the next day.

For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.

And chase hard and good and with no mistakes and do not overrun them.

The road of the pass was hard and smooth and not yet dusty in the early morning.

Ought not to daunt you. Never be daunted. Secret of my success. Never been daunted. Never been daunted in public.

I even read aloud the part of the novel that I had rewritten, which is about as low as a writer can get and much more dangerous for him as a writer than glacier skiing unroped before the full winter snowfall has set over the crevices.

The very beginning was written and all he had to do was go on. That's all, he said. You see how simple what you cannot do is?

The man isn't born for defeats.He can fall from grace,but he cannot be defeated.

Perhaps wars weren't won any more. Maybe they went on forever. Maybe it was another Hundred Years' War.

A writer] should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. Then sometimes, with great luck, they will succeed.

For a true writer, each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. He should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. Then sometimes, with great luck, he will succeed.

Sometimes it's very difficult to keep momentum when it's you that you are following. - Andrew Lloyd Webber