Ends Quote by Ellen Glasgow

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

I write because I feel driven to write. I write from a sense of inner necessity. I don't write for anything other than that.

— Will Self

Writing is something that I am ever driven to do, and concerning which I am never satisfied.

— Nora Waln

Actually, when I write, there is a feeling of necessity, of something that is stronger than myself that demands that I must write as…

— Jacques Derrida

I enjoy writing but I much prefer the experience of having written.

— Fareed Zakaria

Writing is a demanding profession and a selfish one. And because it is selfish and demanding, because it is compulsive and exacting, I didn't…

— Rod Serling

I don't always like writing, but I very much like having written.

— William Gibson

Writers talk about the agony of writing; I talk about the agony of not writing.

— Laura Z. Hobson

Frankly, I have always dreaded writing - there always seemed to be pain involved, unpleasant self-examination and a lot of fear.

— Trent Reznor

I don't think I'd ever write anything that I don't also direct just because it's so hard and painful to write as it is.

— Cary Fukunaga

I write because it's a way of presenting something without having to be there.

— Chuck Palahniuk

I find writing to be unpleasant, so the faster I can get it done, the better.

— Ti West