Discouraged Quote by Peter De Vries

I found it incredibly challenging to write clear prose that had the dynamism that I wanted.

— Alex Lemon

Since I had started to break down all my writing and get rid of all facility and try to make instead of describe, writing…

— Ernest Hemingway

For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than…

— Ernest Hemingway

I am baffled by good writing.

— Paul Dano

I try my best to not just avoid cliches but to write with some meaning.

— Amanda Shires

Eventually the bad stuff I'm writing turns into better stuff. Other times, I've just walked away from what I was working on, and figured…

— Margaret Haddix

It takes me a long time to write, and I trust myself, so I write very sparsely, so when I do, I know it's…

— Earl Sweatshirt

Cliches and adjectives permeated my prose.

— Dick Schaap

not writing is not good but trying to write when you can't is worse.

— Charles Bukowski

The more and more I got into writing, the harder and harder it became for me. I still love it, but it became much…

— Paloma Elsesser

The kind of writing that matters most to me is something you don't learn about. It's constantly coming out of what I don't know…

— W. S. Merwin

I don't really write all that well with others.

— Washed Out