--- title: "8 Writing Gets Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Writing Gets quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Writing Gets sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cf/lincoln-child-35401_blank_for-me-writing-never-gets-easier-it-s-al_378757.jpg" --- > [For me, writing never gets easier. It's always hard work. It doesn't matter how many words you wrote the day before, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lincoln-child/for-me-writing-never-gets-easier-it-s-always-hard-work-it-doesn-t/) [Lincoln Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lincoln-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cf/lincoln-child-35401_blank_for-me-writing-never-gets-easier-it-s-al_378757.jpg) > [Once a piece of writing gets to a moment where it's not going to get much better than it already is, marinate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-starkey/once-a-piece-of-writing-gets-to-a-moment-where-it-s-not-going-to-get/) [David Starkey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-starkey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63e/david-starkey-4242_forget_once-a-piece-of-writing-gets-to-a-moment_461232.png) > [The writing gets done away from the keyboard and away from the studio in my head, in solitude. And then I come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-zimmer/the-writing-gets-done-away-from-the-keyboard-and-away-from-the-studio/) [Hans Zimmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-zimmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/373/hans-zimmer-11401_cinema_the-writing-gets-done-away-from-the-keyb_805575.jpg) > [When I'm writing something, if it gets too serious, I just can't bear it, so I take a step back and take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/park-chan-wook/when-i-m-writing-something-if-it-gets-too-serious-i-just-can-t-bear/) [Park Chan-wook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/park-chan-wook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c67/park-chan-wook-9069_air_when-i-m-writing-something-if-it-gets-to_1601270.png) > [“Writing gets me high on words.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-karynn-tesla/writing-gets-me-high-on-words/) [Lena Karynn Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-karynn-tesla/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddf/lena-karynn-tesla-256102_language_writing-gets-me-high-on-words-1756885_1756885.jpg) > [Be as creative in your tactics as you are in your writing. Find what gets your engine going, no matter how peculiar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-keyes/be-as-creative-in-your-tactics-as-you-are-in-your-writing-find-what/) [Ralph Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-keyes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/582/ralph-keyes-25968_creative_be-as-creative-in-your-tactics-as-you-ar_2007590.png) > [I write as a way of keeping myself going. You build your life around writing, and it's what gets you through. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-morgan/i-write-as-a-way-of-keeping-myself-going-you-build-your-life-around/) [Robert Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-morgan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68f/robert-morgan-9709_around_i-write-as-a-way-of-keeping-myself-going_2223316.jpg) > [I’ve always said, ‘I have nothing to say, only to add.’ And it’s with each addition that the writing gets done. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/i-ve-always-said-i-have-nothing-to-say-only-to-add-and-it-s-with-each/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/887/gore-vidal-466_add_i-ve-always-said-i-have-nothing-to-say-o_2476733.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing-gets/#itemlist", "name": "Writing Gets Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For me, writing never gets easier. It's always hard work. 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