Down and Quote by Jodi Picoult

Writing is work. It takes a lot of contemplation, concentration, and out-and-out sweat. People tend to romanticize it, that somehow your work appears by…

— Wendelin Van Draanen

Writing is a spiritual practice in that people that have no spiritual path can undertake it and, as they write, they begin to wake…

— Julia Cameron

Writing is grunt work - you need to have self-motivation, perseverance, and faith... talent is the smallest part of it.

— Jodi Picoult

Writing becomes a really good creative outlet when you're sitting there and feeling creatively frustrated or stilted, but also you then get to write…

— Zoe Lister-Jones

A writer needs to write, period. He or she can't wait for the muse, shouldn't need peace and quiet, and isn't entitled to perfect…

— Robert J. Sawyer

If you're going to be a writer, you're going to write because you have to. It's not like other arts and not nearly as…

— Ian Sansom

Writing is a workout, just like going for a run!

— Meg Cabot

I know writers for whom the act of writing is a necessary chore. They suffer to write great work. I am very lucky that…

— Denise Duhamel

Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.

— Thomas Berger

Writing is incredibly hard. But I want to do it. That said, I make it the top priority in every day, which for me…

— Lucy Jane Bledsoe

Writing, for me at least, takes a lot of concentrated work and effort. It takes dedication and the willingness to do the work even…

— Karl Iagnemma

I have never thought of writing as hard work, but I have worked hard to find a voice.

— Randy Pausch