It's been a good exercise in patience. But I kind of consider this like childbirth ? as soon as the baby is born you forget about all of the pain.
Singin' in the Rain (1952) and childbirth were the two hardest things I ever had to do in my life.
Poverty is a lot like childbirth - you know it is going to hurt before it happens, but you'll never know how much until you experience it.
If you are a good person, you will probably be a good father. Try not to worry too much. If you don't feel apprehensive just before your first child arrives, you are abnormal. Though catastrophe doesn't come as often in childbirth as it did a few generations ago, we naturally fear it.
She said writting novels was like childbirth: if you truly remembered how awful it got, you'd never do it again.