When 'The Shadow of the Wind' became a success I had already been a working writer, I'd been through the ups and downs, I'd seen how it worked.

To go on a roller coaster of life sometimes the downs are scarier than the ups. But when the ups come you will find the wind on your face and also have a breath of fresh air, and you will be ready for when you go down next time.Gary F Evans...

Climb up the stairs cheerfully, climb down the stairs cheerfully! Let your mind is unaffected by the ups and downs of life!

A career is a series of ups and downs, of comebacks.

There's many ups and downs in the fight game.

Life is not linear; you have ups and downs. It's how you deal with the troughs that defines you.