Letdown Quote by John Irving

There is something unwholesome and destructive about the entire writing process.

— Joy Williams

It's always struck me as unfair that writing has so little sensation when it's going well.

— Francis Spufford

Writing is making a mess, and then working and reworking to create a beautiful piece.

— Heather Sellers

A lot of writing's going down dead ends that don't go anywhere.

— Andrew Dominik

Once the initial excitement wears off and it's time to sit down to write, the authors are usually still very eager, but the reality…

— Deborah Reber

Writing is like hitting yourself on the head with a hammer. It always feels good when you finish.

— Ray Guy

A writer is an organism that will go on writing even after its heart has been cut out.

— Wallace Stegner

Writing is a discipline: it's almost all about holding back.

— Rachel Cusk

To be a writer is to throw away a great deal, not to be satisfied, to type again, and then again and once more,…

— John Hersey

Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.

— Carlos Fuentes

At the end of the day, I think the only way to do the kind of job a writer does is push everything aside…

— Marc Guggenheim

Part of being a writer is knowing when what you write is really bad.

— Reif Larsen