“The most difficult part of any crime novel is the plotting. It all begins simply enough, but soon you're dealing with a multitude of linked characters, strands, themes and red herrings - and you need to try to control these unruly elements and weave them into a pattern.” NeedsTryingEnoughCharacterDifficultNovelCrimeElementsRedPatternsThemeMultitudesLinkedStrandsUnrulyHerringCrime NovelsRed Herrings Author:Ian Rankin
“I was finding it very difficult to find a label that understood what I wanted to do and really believed that people wanted to hear something honest and a little bit different. So, I did feel a bit like a clown. You're knocking on everyone's door trying to get them to believe what you're doing.” PeopleFeelsTryingBelieveLittlesDifferentWantedBitsDifficultDoorsHonestFindingsLittle BitUnderstoodLabelsClownKnocking Author:Emeli Sande
“Just trying to get a film made which is always difficult no matter what kind of a budget you have. Not having a budget makes it even more difficult. Having nineteen days and no budget makes it extremely difficult.” TryingKindMadeMatterFilmDifficultNo Matter WhatBudgetsNineteen Author:Eriq La Salle
“The one reader I'm trying to please as I write is me, and I'm pretty difficult to please.” WritingTryingDifficultReaderPlease Author:Sara Zarr
“I remember Francis Bacon would say that he felt he was giving art what he thought it previously lacked. With me, it's what Yeats called the fascination with what's difficult. I'm only trying to do what I can't do.” GivingTryingArtI CanRememberArtistFeltDifficultFascinationYeats Author:Lucian Freud
“Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price.” TryingDifficultVoiceSituationPaidOppositionKeep GoingHigh Prices Author:Tahar Ben Jelloun
“Children who are not encouraged to do, to try, to explore, to master, and to risk failure, often feel helpless and inadequate. Over-controlled by anxious, fearful parents, these children often become anxious and fearful themselves. This makes it difficult for them to mature. Many never outgrow the need for ongoing parental guidance and control. As a result, their parents continue to invade, manipulate, and frequently dominate their lives.” NeedsFeelsTryingChildrenParentDifficultResultsRiskMastersGuidanceMatureControlledAnxiousFearfulHelplessManipulateOngoingInadequateParentalParental Guidance Author:Susan Forward
“I always try to buy just what I need. You get ideas as to what's in season and what's best. I think if you have a preconceived idea before shopping, that makes it difficult. You have to have an open mind.” IfsThinkingNeedsTryingMindIdeasDifficultSeasonsShoppingNeed YouOpen MindI Need YouPreconceived Ideas Author:Julia Child
“Words are changing. I find that old expressions are outdated, so when I write something, I try to find a new expression that hasn't been born yet. It's difficult.” WritingTryingDifficultBornExpressionOutdated Author:Agnes Denes
“Saying "muff" to someone and trying to be romantic is incredibly difficult.” TryingDifficult Author:Jamie Bell
“Writing is a difficult trade which must be learned slowly by reading great authors; by trying at the outset to imitate them; by daring then to be original; by destroying one's first productions.” WritingTryingFirstsBookReadingDifficultOriginalsTradeProductionsDestroyingDaringBooks And ReadingGreat Author Author:Andre Maurois
“Even though you try very hard, the progress you make is always little by little. It is not like going out in a shower in which you know when you get wet. In a fog, you do not know you are getting wet, but as you keep walking you get wet little by little. If your mind has ideas of progress, you may say, 'Oh, this pace is terrible!' But actually it is not. When you get wet in a fog it is very difficult to dry yourself.” IfsKnowsTryingMindMayLittlesIdeasHardDifficultProgressTerribleWalkingDryPaceWetGoing OutShowersFog Book:Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind Source: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
“Were really trying to make Crisis as accessible as possible, which is extremely difficult to do because it involves so many characters. But, again, you dont need to know all the details. Obviously the mainstays are there Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and heavily focused on. There are a ton of great characters, and a lot happens to them over the course of Infinite Crisis . Some change and evolve, others fall, but it really is about trying to bring everybody on stage. We probably have 90 percent of the DCU showing up, if not more but without losing focus on what the story is.” IfsKnowsNeedsTryingCharacterStoriesHappensFallCoursesDifficultWonderFocusStageLosingPercentInfiniteCrisisDetailsFocusedEvolveShowing UpGreat CharacterWonder WomanLosing Focus Author:Geoff Johns
“Trying to be a socialist and a libertarian is obviously a very difficult balancing act, which nobody has pulled off too successfully in this century.” TryingDifficultCenturyLibertarianSocialistBalancing Act Author:David Hare
“You've got to trust people. And because I am a control freak, sometimes that's difficult for me, because I want to micro-manage absolutely everything. I can't hand over. But I'm trying to do that more.” PeopleWantTryingI CanSometimesHandsDifficultManageFreakControl Freak Author:Victoria Beckham
“It's always difficult for anyone trying to compete against their past achievements.” TryingPastDifficultAchievement Author:Michael Jackson