Writing Quote by Marc Levy

“Writing is a profession that requires being alone. Just alone. You talk, laugh, get pissed off, get scared, be happy, think, imagine, shout, and…

— Alexina Benavidez

“Most days, writing simply requires work-ethic, discipline, clarity, focus, time. Other days...it will demand absolutely everything of you.”

— Christy Hall

“no writing is a waste of time--no creative work where the feelings, the imagination, the intelligence must work.”

— Brenda Ueland

“However, just like any line of work, writing is a negotiation, and creative control is as elusive as financial stability. I discovered that writing…

— Alice Driver

The tough thing about writing is you go into a room alone, you close the door and you do your work.

— Randy Wayne White

“Writing is physical work. It’s sweaty work. You can’t just will yourself to become a good writer. You really have to work at it.”

— Will Haygood

“Being a writer is a more difficult job than people imagine.”

— Sara Sheridan

Like everyone else, there are days when I don't want to go to work. However, writing is a job like anything else.

— Francine Rivers

writing, like living, is lonely work.

— Blanche Willis Howard

“Writing is a manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe.”

— John Gregory Dunne

Writing is a solitary occupation, and we like it that way.

— Julianne MacLean

You can't be a writer if you don't write, it's just that simple.

— Nicholas Sparks