Down and Quote by Jack Kerouac

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

— Patricia Hampl

You have to relax, write what you write. It sounds easy but it's really, really hard. One of the things it took me longest…

— Diane Setterfield

Writing takes too much patience and it takes too much out of you for me to want to attempt it too often.

— Vikramaditya Motwane

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

— Elizabeth David

When you finally start to write something, do not let yourself stop...even when you are convinced it's the worst garbage ever. This is the…

— Jodi Picoult

Just write and love what you're writing. And if you're not loving what you're writing, take a look at why and fix that.

— Roxane Gay

“Each time you sit down to write, you should cleanse your linguistic palate by reading some things that are vastly unlike what you’ve been…

— Michael Erard

In a way I do hate the process of writing. It's like learning a role where you never think you're going to be able…

— Julie Andrews

“So you want to be a writer if it doesn’t come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don’t do it. unless it…

— Charles Bukowski

Once I start writing, I can't stop.

— Chuck Palahniuk

Writing anything is terribly hard but, alas for me, because I am addicted, a heck of a lot of fun. I often am sorry…

— Judy Collins

One of my fears is not writing. I don't know how to do anything else.

— Paul Theroux