Easy Quote by Arthur M. Jolly

The one thing an aspiring writer must understand is that it's hard. If you think it's not hard, you're not doing it right.

— Gene Weingarten

It's easy, after all, not to be a writer. Most people aren't writers, and very little harm comes to them.

— Julian Barnes

Writing is hard, even for authors who do it all the time.

— Roger Angell

I've always thought that writing isn't really that hard. It's having a good idea that's hard.

— Lyle Lovett

There's nothing easy about writing. It's always difficult. It's always a struggle.

— Khaled Hosseini

One of the easiest things in the world is not to write... If it were easy, everyone would do it.

— William Goldman

I would say it's not as hard as writing, because when you're a writer, you walk right into the pit all by yourself, but…

— David Seltzer

Writing is hard. It takes commitment and determination and a good part talent. It's not an afterthought, an addendum - it's a career.

— Rebecca Serle

If you are a young writer today, it's very hard.

— Doris Lessing

If writing seems hard, it's because it is hard. It's one of the hardest things people do.

— William Zinsser

It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting formulaic work, generating ones own creativity - thats a much tougher matter.

— Brian Aldiss

Writing is so hard. And then, sometimes, it is so bewilderingly easy.

— Patricia Hampl