Carrie Quote by Judith Barrington

The whole joy of writing comes from the opportunity to go over it and make it good, one way or another.

— James Salter

Writing is a necessity and often a pleasure, but at the same time, it can be a great burden and a terrible struggle.

— Jonathan Lethem

I love writing but it's a real pain. It's a miserable process - very satisfying but very miserable.

— Vikramaditya Motwane

People talk about the pain of writing, but very few people talk about the pleasure and satisfaction.

— Paul Theroux

Writing isn't about the process. It is about creating. The joy comes not from the process but from the creation.

— Harlan Coben

One of the nice things about writing is you can take essentially painful things in your life and turn them into something that might…

— Patrick deWitt

“All forms of writing are an act of conception; writing must lead to creation. Each time that we write, we begin again. Writing is…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

Writing has become my great joy - I simply love it.

— Dawn French

I enjoy writing, sometimes; I think that most writers will tell you about the agony of writing more than the joy of writing, but…

— Leon Uris

The pleasure for me is in the writing process, which has its own challenges.

— Thiagarajan Kumararaja

I love writing. I've always been drawn to that and felt a particular joy in it - like the phrase in Chariots of Fire:…

— Randall Wallace

It is my greatest wish to teach children what I now believe: that writing is not a burden but a joy.

— Rebecca Serle