Hard work Quote by Dorothy Day

You can't want to be a writer. You have to be one.

— Paul Theroux

The best way to become a writer is to go off and write.

— Ernest Hemingway

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

— Wil Haygood

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. 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 want to be a writer, just write. There's no magic to it.

— Albert Brooks

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

— Alice Munro

You have to live a life to become a writer.

— Joel Surnow

Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.

— J. B. Priestley

If you really want to be a writer, nobody can stop you -- and if you don't, nobody can help you.

— Alma Alexander

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

It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting formulaic work, generating one's own creativity - that's a much tougher matter.

— Brian Aldiss