I found out life's hard but it ain't impossible.

In 1980 I sent a play, 'Jitney,' to the Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis, won a Jerome Fellowship, and found myself sitting in a room with sixteen playwrights. I remember looking around and thinking that since I was sitting there, I must be a playwright, too.

Between speeches and awards, you can find something to do every other week. It's hard to write. Your focus gets splintered. Once you put one thing in your calendar, that month is gone.

الصعب هو الذي تنجزه بسرعة.أما المستحيل فيحتاج إلى وقت أطول قليلا

It will be hard, but it's not impossible,

To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible