Act Quote by Carrie Coon

There is no doubt that it is more difficult to read and more difficult to write but I still manage.

— Colleen McCullough

I've learned that certain things are much harder than when you write about them in a book.

— Sal Khan

It takes hard writing to make easy reading.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

Writing is not, alas, like riding a bicycle: it does not get easier with practice.

— Nancy Mairs

Writing doesn’t get easier with experience. The more you know, the harder it is to write.

— Tim O'Brien

Don't you think that's the main reason people find [writing] so difficult? If they can write complete sentences and can use a dictionary, isn't…

— Kurt Vonnegut

If there is any difficulty in what I write, it is because of the material I use. The thought is always simple.

— James Joyce

Writing doesn't come easily to me. It gets more and more difficult.

— Elizabeth David

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

— William Zinsser

Why are some things easier to write than say?

— Ally Condie

Hard writing makes easy reading.

— Wallace Stegner

Easy writing makes hard reading.

— Ernest Hemingway