Difficulty Quotes

“I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.”

“Comedy is much more difficult than tragedy. And I think it's because it's so personal.”

“Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.”

“The fight, it’s not an easy thing to do.”

“The great thing about this business is that you have to be a masochist to do it.”

“I must not be cast down, though the way is difficult.”

“Of all the arts, abstract painting is the most difficult.”

“Mozart is the most inaccessible of the great masters.”

“People have the illusion that writing is an intellectual process, but it's not. It's a sport, like bullfighting.”

“The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.”

“Some days, you just can't get rid of a bomb.”

“What's true for individuals is that you don't grow by just doing what's easy.”

“It has perhaps always been the case that the waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership of all.”

“The hardest thing in the world is to be simple.”

“Life is a difficult thing. It's a difficult thing to do. And it's a very difficult thing to do well.”

“You have to be a little bit of a masochist to be an actor.”

“Words are tricky. I've been writing for thirty years and I still don't know how to get them right.”

“Love has an easy entry and a difficult exit.”

“It's like trying to pin down a kangaroo on a trampoline.”

“Criticism is easy, and art is difficult.”