Arena Quote by Phil Hartman

It's hard to build community around mediocre and mundane writing.

— Guy Kawasaki

Many writers are paralyzed by the thought that they are competing with everybody else who is trying to write and presumably doing it better....…

— William Zinsser

Writing ... is practically the only activity a person can do that is not competitive.

— Paul Theroux

Writing is not a competitive sport. Everyone that writes has his or her own voice.

— Raymond E. Feist

Writing is like a sport - you only get better if you practice

— Rick Riordan

Somehow writing has always seemed to me to have an element of performance.

— Joan Didion

There's no getting around it: Writing is hard, while working with young performers is nearly always a joy.

— Andrew Lloyd Webber

Arenas, to me, and especially sheds, are really great venues. You get that sea of humanity, but everybody can still see it and hear…

— Ed Kowalczyk

I still find it difficult to cope with the solitude of writing. I often crave the feedback of working with a team.

— Carol Drinkwater

Any play is hard to write, and plays are getting harder and harder to get on the stage.

— Alan Alda

Weirdly the writing experience has not really changed that much except it used to be that I was busy because I had to work…

— Bonnie Jo Campbell

Part of the transaction between writer and reader is the pleasure of building a community and encouraging people to play along.

— John Hodgman