Block Quote by Philip Pullman

“Kathleen Norris, on the publication of her 78th book. 'All writing is difficult. The most you can hope for is a day when it…

— Kathleen Norris

I love writing and do not know why it is considered such a difficult, agonizing profession.

— Caroline B. Cooney

What profession is more trying than that of author? After you finish a piece of work it only seems good to you for a…

— Anonymous

Not writing is probably the most exhausting profession I've ever encountered.

— Fran Lebowitz

Writing is not a great profession as a lot of writers proclaim. I write because this is something I can do. Another thing—very often…

— Ha Jin

Writing is hard. It takes commitment and determination and a good part talent. It's not an afterthought, an addendum - it's a career.

— Rebecca Serle

Writing is challenging work because it's so easy to get consumed with how it's going, what's going to happen to it, who's going to…

— Wayne Dyer

If writing seems hard, it's because it is hard. It's one of the hardest things people do.

— William Zinsser

Writers aren't like plumbers. If you're a plumber, you fix one person's boiler in the morning, then you go and fix another in the…

— Lucy Hughes-Hallett

The world needs writers. We will always be necessary. There are few professions that can claim that distinction.

— Rod McKuen

“Writing is a profession that has no real career structure and your best advice when you hit a difficulty is probably going to come…

— Sara Sheridan

Writing is the hardest work in the world not involving heavy lifting.

— Pete Hamill