Author-quotes Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

“but those tasks that have been entrusted to us are difficult; almost everything serious is difficult; and everything is serious.”

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“Every bit of effort you put in your work must be worth it. It must make you better. Because, if it doesn’t, it may…

— Vishal Ostwal

“Like anything worthwhile, devoting ample time and effort to your practice is important.”

— Julie T. Lusk

“I wanted to write about the complexity and hilarity in the everyday business of being human.”

— Kate De Goldi

“The greatness of a writer has nothing to do with subject matter itself, only with how much the subject matter touches the author.”

— Boris Pasternak

“The truth is that anything worthwhile we do in life demands effort.”

— Rosalie De Rosset

“I had yet to find out how little people want you to succeed in an extraordinary project, and what comfort some have that the…

— Saul Bellow

“When you are writing, you must treat it as the most important thing in the world, even when you know it is not. This…

— John Steinbeck

“Simplicity is an intellectual achievement, one of the greatest.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“One of the hardest concepts for students to grasp or accept about writing is the time that it takes to make something good.”

— Cynthia D. Urbanski

“As writing is one of the desperate professions, it has universal appeal, especially for those not engaged in it.”

— WH Auden

“My principle activity is to tease those who take themselves and the quality of their knowledge too seriously.”

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb