Effort Quote by Dan Chaon

Writing is the only thing in my life that doesn't get easier. It just doesn't.

— Ricky Jay

No time you spend writing will be wasted - even if you write something that's bad.

— Elif Batuman

No writing effort is ever wasted. At the very least, it's practice, and a writer never knows when he or she might usefully cannibalize…

— Therese Fowler

It's the hardest thing in the world to dedicate to writing, but if you do that even once a week, after six months or…

— Lauren Weisberger

Writing is not life, but I think that sometimes it can be a way back to life.

— Stephen King

One can become drab, dull, and boring doing the same thing every day. Writing helps break the monotony.

— Ravi Subramanian

I can see a version of my life where it all becomes meaningless. On a good day, writing seems noble. Other times, it's narcissistic…

— Hari Kunzru

“Writing is a bittersweet addiction. The more it drains you; the more replenished you feel, and you crave it even more.”

— Anthea Syrokou

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

— Patricia Hampl

Writing is a lonely way of life. You shut yourself up in your study and work and work.

— Philip K. Dick

Writing is like hunting. There are brutally cold afternoons with nothing in sight, only the wind and your breaking heart. Then the moment when…

— Kate Braverman

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

— Elizabeth David