--- title: "32 Pleasure Writing Quotes by 31 authors" description: "Browse 32 Pleasure Writing quotes by 31 authors. Discover the best Pleasure Writing sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a6/jonathan-franzen-801_how_the-real-pleasure-in-writing-this-for-me_1554272.jpg" --- > [The real pleasure in writing this, for me, was discovering how little you need.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-franzen/the-real-pleasure-in-writing-this-for-me-was-discovering-how-little/) [Jonathan Franzen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-franzen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a6/jonathan-franzen-801_how_the-real-pleasure-in-writing-this-for-me_1554272.jpg) > [“Write for the pleasure of writing, but share it for the pleasure of others.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lon-grover/write-for-the-pleasure-of-writing-but-share-it-for-the-pleasure-of/) [Lon Grover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lon-grover/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d66/lon-grover-257468_writing_write-for-the-pleasure-of-writing-but-sh_1746274.jpg) > [The great pleasure for me in writing short stories is the fierce, elegant challenge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-bloom/the-great-pleasure-for-me-in-writing-short-stories-is-the-fierce/) [Amy Bloom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-bloom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f7/amy-bloom-4288_challenge_the-great-pleasure-for-me-in-writing-sho_1632606.png) > [I think I get certain pleasure from writing what I'm performing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellie-kemper/i-think-i-get-certain-pleasure-from-writing-what-i-m-performing/) [Ellie Kemper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellie-kemper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa3/ellie-kemper-23753_certain_i-think-i-get-certain-pleasure-from-writ_2714047.jpg) > [“To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the music the words make.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/to-me-the-greatest-pleasure-of-writing-is-not-what-it-s-about-but-the-2/) [Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/133/truman-capote-376_creative-process_to-me-the-greatest-pleasure-of-writing-i_1669728.jpg) > [I actually find a lot of pleasure in writing lyrics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/king-krule/i-actually-find-a-lot-of-pleasure-in-writing-lyrics/) [King Krule](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/king-krule/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea1/king-krule-20052_actually_i-actually-find-a-lot-of-pleasure-in-wri_1083108.jpg) > [“Reading is my pleasure; writing is my passion.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanne-weck/reading-is-my-pleasure-writing-is-my-passion/) [Joanne Weck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanne-weck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/842/joanne-weck-248518_passion_reading-is-my-pleasure-writing-is-my-pas_1745122.jpg) > [The pleasure for me is in the writing process, which has its own challenges.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thiagarajan-kumararaja/the-pleasure-for-me-is-in-the-writing-process-which-has-its-own/) [Thiagarajan Kumararaja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thiagarajan-kumararaja/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7d/thiagarajan-kumararaja-18356_challenges_the-pleasure-for-me-is-in-the-writing-pr_2057036.jpg) > [Writing's not always a pleasure to me, but if I'm not writing every other pleasure loses its savour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-braine/writing-s-not-always-a-pleasure-to-me-but-if-i-m-not-writing-every/) [John Braine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-braine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/302/john-braine-47827_pleasure_writing-s-not-always-a-pleasure-to-me-bu_1691785.jpg) > [I do have pleasure when I'm writing. I mean, I'm aware of pleasure. And sometimes I make myself laugh, with a joke…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-schjeldahl/i-do-have-pleasure-when-i-m-writing-i-mean-i-m-aware-of-pleasure-and/) [Peter Schjeldahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-schjeldahl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e56/peter-schjeldahl-12992_feels_i-do-have-pleasure-when-i-m-writing-i-me_2826041.png) > [To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/to-me-the-greatest-pleasure-of-writing-is-not-what-it-s-about-but-the/) [Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f54/truman-capote-376_music_to-me-the-greatest-pleasure-of-writing-i_1529750.jpg) > [For me, the real pleasure in writing is in having an excuse to pursue my curiosity about people who have meant something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-gottlieb/for-me-the-real-pleasure-in-writing-is-in-having-an-excuse-to-pursue/) [Robert Gottlieb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-gottlieb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6be/robert-gottlieb-2761_about_for-me-the-real-pleasure-in-writing-is-i_234144.png) > [You have to really understand how people speak, and you have to reconstruct it... Most pleasure in writing, you know, is in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-paley/you-have-to-really-understand-how-people-speak-and-you-have-to/) [Grace Paley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-paley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/294/grace-paley-3243_how_you-have-to-really-understand-how-people_1962807.png) > [O MY WIFE-who made the writing of my previous book a pleasure and writing of the present one a necessity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-c-brown/o-my-wife-who-made-the-writing-of-my-previous-book-a-pleasure-and/) [Herbert C. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-c-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5f/herbert-c-brown-87064_book_o-my-wife-who-made-the-writing-of-my-pre_2766011.png) > [I closed my own jazz bar so I could be a man who can write novels as I like. I was pleased…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-closed-my-own-jazz-bar-so-i-could-be-a-man-who-can-write-novels-as/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26e/haruki-murakami-21_bars_i-closed-my-own-jazz-bar-so-i-could-be-a_29303.jpg) > [For a creative person there's just as much pleasure in writing an eight-line poem as there is in writing a blockbuster play…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/for-a-creative-person-there-s-just-as-much-pleasure-in-writing-an/) [Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95b/tennessee-williams-745_blockbuster_for-a-creative-person-there-s-just-as-mu_497439.png) > [“I would rather never make a penny on book sales and know that many had derived some fair pleasure from my writing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-diehl/i-would-rather-never-make-a-penny-on-book-sales-and-know-that-many/) [Eric Diehl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-diehl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da8/eric-diehl-236216_books_i-would-rather-never-make-a-penny-on-boo_2361176.jpg) > [Once I had started, I discovered the secret pleasure of writing a novel. It's such an immersive, deep commitment. With short stories,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debra-dean/once-i-had-started-i-discovered-the-secret-pleasure-of-writing-a/) [Debra Dean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debra-dean/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/049/debra-dean-17204_books_once-i-had-started-i-discovered-the-secr_2159343.jpg) > [The pleasure of writing fiction is that you are always spotting some new approach, an alternative way of telling a story and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-lively/the-pleasure-of-writing-fiction-is-that-you-are-always-spotting-some/) [Penelope Lively](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-lively/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee0/penelope-lively-3959_alternatives_the-pleasure-of-writing-fiction-is-that_1925676.png) > [The pleasure that I take in writing gets me interested in writing a poem. It's not a statement about what I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-hacker/the-pleasure-that-i-take-in-writing-gets-me-interested-in-writing-a/) [Marilyn Hacker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-hacker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1d/marilyn-hacker-13845_exterior_the-pleasure-that-i-take-in-writing-gets_2300639.png) > [I'm not asking you to describe the rain falling the night the archangel arrived; I'm demanding that you get me wet. Make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eduardo-galeano/i-m-not-asking-you-to-describe-the-rain-falling-the-night-the/) [Eduardo Galeano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eduardo-galeano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b41/eduardo-galeano-1015_archangel_i-m-not-asking-you-to-describe-the-rain_171122.png) > [There is a sensuousness to language, there's a pace to it. There's a deliciousness to it. I do have pleasure when I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-santlofer/there-is-a-sensuousness-to-language-there-s-a-pace-to-it-there-s-a/) [Jonathan Santlofer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-santlofer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/975/jonathan-santlofer-45213_alive_there-is-a-sensuousness-to-language-ther_2645296.jpg) > [“The class, on the other hand, buzzed and hummed with the anticipated pleasure of writing it up, one day. They were vindicated.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-s-byatt/the-class-on-the-other-hand-buzzed-and-hummed-with-the-anticipated/) [A.S. Byatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-s-byatt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb0/a-s-byatt-5275_domestic-violence_the-class-on-the-other-hand-buzzed-and-h_1088395.jpg) > [There was lots of pleasure in writing The Flamethrowers. Then again, what is pleasure? Some pleasure is easy and other kinds are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-kushner/there-was-lots-of-pleasure-in-writing-the-flamethrowers-then-again/) [Rachel Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-kushner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afd/rachel-kushner-3631_adventure_there-was-lots-of-pleasure-in-writing-th_525459.png) > [“I believe the greatest pleasure in writing is in the progressive artistry of it. Each project is an attempt to do better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-believe-the-greatest-pleasure-in-writing-is-in-the-progressive/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/linda-jo-martin-143045_art_i-believe-the-greatest-pleasure-in-writi_745745.jpg) > [“I just make the best book that I can and try to not worry about audience or if it will sell. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-t-vollmann/i-just-make-the-best-book-that-i-can-and-try-to-not-worry-about/) [William T. Vollmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-t-vollmann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/761/william-t-vollmann-2100_book_i-just-make-the-best-book-that-i-can-and_3220401.png) > [“I continued working without a break, but in the middle of the third story...I felt myself tiring more than if I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/i-continued-working-without-a-break-but-in-the-middle-of-the-third/) [Gabriel García Márquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e33/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez-116_writing_i-continued-working-without-a-break-but_147635.jpg) > [For me, the pleasure of writing comes with inventing stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/for-me-the-pleasure-of-writing-comes-with-inventing-stories/) [Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ec/roald-dahl-899_innovation_for-me-the-pleasure-of-writing-comes-wit_2944967.jpg) > [I do love translating; it is the pure pleasure of writing without the misery of inventing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-mitford/i-do-love-translating-it-is-the-pure-pleasure-of-writing-without-the/) [Nancy Mitford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-mitford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7f/nancy-mitford-7161_inventing_i-do-love-translating-it-is-the-pure-ple_1684634.jpg) > [Tasting is an act of pleasure and writing about that pleasure is an artistic gesture, but the only true work of art,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/tasting-is-an-act-of-pleasure-and-writing-about-that-pleasure-is-an/) [Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92d/muriel-barbery-1092_art_tasting-is-an-act-of-pleasure-and-writin_2547569.png) > [there is no pleasure so sweet as the pleasure of spending money but the pleasure of writing is longer. There is no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-stein/there-is-no-pleasure-so-sweet-as-the-pleasure-of-spending-money-but/) [Gertrude Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-stein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/gertrude-stein-667_money_there-is-no-pleasure-so-sweet-as-the-ple_2383190.jpg) > [Words, living and ghostly, the quick and the dead, crowd and jostle the otherwise too empty corridors of my mind ... To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-macaulay/words-living-and-ghostly-the-quick-and-the-dead-crowd-and-jostle-the/) [Rose Macaulay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-macaulay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57a/rose-macaulay-8071_corridors_words-living-and-ghostly-the-quick-and-t_540770.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pleasure-writing/#itemlist", "name": "Pleasure Writing Quotes", "numberOfItems": 32, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The real pleasure in writing this, for me, was discovering how little you need.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jonathan Franzen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-franzen/the-real-pleasure-in-writing-this-for-me-was-discovering-how-little/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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