I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted.
Frederick Douglass
I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
It really wasn't until I was in college when I began to write more and more, and I realized I was scheduling my entire life around my writing.
Rita Dove
Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until he was over 40, had, fortunately for the world, a longer working career... →
Arthur Conan Doyle
I tend to plan as I write. And I want to leave myself open and the character open to keep on going until it seems to be the time to stop.
Roddy Doyle
We are going to have to be there until we defeat this enemy.
Thelma Drake
When the ideas are coming, I don't stop until the ideas stop because that train doesn't come along all the time.
Dr. Dre
I hate all hitters. I start a game mad and I stay that way until it's over.
Don Drysdale
Be passionate and move forward with gusto every single hour of every single day until you reach your goal.
Ava DuVernay
When I'm marketing a film, whether its mine or someone else's, I work with a great deal of strategy and elbow grease until the job is done.