Writing Quote by Cynthia D. Urbanski

“Most days, writing simply requires work-ethic, discipline, clarity, focus, time. Other days...it will demand absolutely everything of you.”

— Christy Hall

“The skill of writing needs much patience, practicing, and time. There is no good writing from a quick effort, or a confused writer.”

— Maryam Abdullah Alnaymi

“There is only one way to overcome the difficulty of writing, and that is to write. Thought only becomes effective and productive at the…

— Amélie Nothomb

“I think the hard work of writing is just how long a book is terrible before it's good.”

— Leigh Bardugo

“It takes a week to write a book, but it takes years to write a good one.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“For anyone who wants to write, and hopes some day to publish what he or she has written, it is far more important to…

— Edith Schaeffer

“You don’t become a good writer overnight. It takes persistence and repetition to gain mastery.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write.”

— Samuel Johnson

“I've worked really hard to make myself a better writer. I don't think writing is something that comes to people naturally; it is a…

— Nathan Nixon

“no writing is a waste of time--no creative work where the feelings, the imagination, the intelligence must work.”

— Brenda Ueland

“Writing is physical work. It’s sweaty work. You can’t just will yourself to become a good writer. You really have to work at it.”

— Will Haygood

“Writing is a part of life that has to be explored.”

— P.S. Winn