Adversity Quote by James Joyce

Once your mind is caught on the right snag, there's nothing so hard about the mechanics of writing.

— Anne Tyler

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

— Elizabeth David

Why are some things easier to write than say?

— Ally Condie

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

— Ricky Jay

I have always found writing very difficult.

— Sandra Brown

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

— Patricia Hampl

Writing doesn't come easily to me.

— Rick Stein

If writing seems hard, it's because it is hard. It's one of the hardest things people do.

— William Zinsser

The writing is always the easy part, provided I can get the good material. It's the getting of the good material that's a challenge.

— Mary Roach

Writing is not, alas, like riding a bicycle: it does not get easier with practice.

— Nancy Mairs

Writing is like sex, if it's difficult you're not doing it right.

— Chuck Palahniuk

It doesn't seem like I write the material it seems like the material comes to me and I write it down.

— John Pinette