Admiration Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

Writing can come naturally to some. Still, when it comes to good writing, this is true: Easy reading is damn hard writing.

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

I am convinced more and more day by day that fine writing is next to fine doing, the top thing in the world.

— John Keats

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

— Elizabeth David

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

— Lyle Lovett

Writing is a necessity and often a pleasure, but at the same time, it can be a great burden and a terrible struggle.

— Jonathan Lethem

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

— Patricia Hampl

It's always struck me as unfair that writing has so little sensation when it's going well.

— Francis Spufford

Great writing is great writing. It's as simple as all that.

— Kate Mulgrew

Writing is hard, but the more you write, and enjoy what you write, the better it gets.

— Alice Munro

It's very hard to articulate the things that are important about writing.

— Tim O'Brien

Hard writing makes easy reading.

— Wallace Stegner

Fine writing is a distinct disadvantage. So is unique literary style. They take attention from the subject

— Claude C. Hopkins