Book Quote by George Orwell

Writing a novel is agony.

— George Orwell

Writing a book is like loving someone. It can be very painful.

— Joel Dicker

The fact of the matter is that you should really stop concerning yourself with writing a book because anyone can write a book that…

— Ashly Lorenzana

Writing a book is an emotional odyssey, sometimes exhilarating, other times deflating.

— Ryan O'Neal

Writing is supposed to be difficult, agonizing, a dreadful exercise, a terrible occupation.

— Ray Bradbury

Writing a book is so much harder than I imagined.

— Eva Gutowski

Writing a novel is like childbirth: once you realize how awful it really is, you never want to do it again.

— Sarah Dessen

Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if…

— George Orwell

Writing books is certainly a most unpleasant occupation. It is lonesome, unsanitary, and maddening. Many authors go crazy.

— H. L. Mencken

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 love writing but it's a real pain. It's a miserable process - very satisfying but very miserable.

— Vikramaditya Motwane

Whoever would write books? It's suffering as well as greatly satisfying. And certainly there's suffering in the sense that you don't know for a…

— Alice Mattison