- Nov 07, 2020
Hard Time Quotes
On the ordinary struggles that test patience.
This page collects hard time quotes about creative struggle, including the difficulty of imagining a finished scene before it exists or staying attached to a character long after filming wraps. For a related angle, see Struggle quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember seeing McCoy Tyner in concert, and thinking that the music was incredible, but wanting to be invited in. I figured that humor was the way of letting the audience in. I've gotten a hard time about it, but I love to be funny onstage.
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a pretty disruptive student in class in school. I had a hard time paying attention. I had what they call A.D.D. now, back then I was just a hyper kid.
- Mercy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a hard time understanding how cutting the program in our country that provides healthcare to working families by $800 billion can be classified as mercy.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like a lot of freelance cartoonists, when any opportunity like that comes along, I have a hard time saying no, whether it makes sense or not.
- Brain
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I write, I lose time. I'm happy in a way that I have a hard time finding in real life. The intimacy between my brain and my fingers and my computer... Yet knowing that that intimacy will find an audience... It's very satisfying. It's like having the safety of being alone with the ego reward of being known.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
In school, I really felt like I didn't fit a type. I think everybody had a hard time putting me in a category. They all sort of realized, 'Hmm, you don't really look like a soprano. You're not really a character belter.'
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
Believe me, when I finish shooting 'Mad Men,' there's a huge chunk of time where I have a really hard time leaving my house without fake lashes on. Which is a complex because I'm not very good at applying fake lashes.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we were to hit the level that Metallica or somebody like that hit, we'd have had a hard time dealing with it. I think it would have been our doom. It's hard for anybody at that level.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
The market is incredibly inefficient and capable on rare occasions of being utterly dysfunctional. And people have a really hard time getting their brain around that fact. They want to believe that it's approximately efficient almost all the time, and it simply isn't true.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always tried to get around writing love songs, I guess because I've always had a hard time saying, 'I love you.'
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a hard time admitting to myself that I was addicted to sweets. Once I finally realized that was my vice, I completely cut it out for 30 days to try and clean myself of all processed sugar. After that, I slowly incorporated moderate amounts of sugar into my everyday lifestyle.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020