Great saying by great authors Quote by Samuel Butler

I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable.

— Samuel Butler

In fact, I think for a lot of writers, it's so hard to be read.

— Susie Bright

“He who would be a writer, fine, Must take a deal of pains, Must criticize his every line, And mix his ink with brains.”

— Platt Rogers Spencer

Writing a novel is agony.

— George Orwell

Holy cow - everything about writing a novel is hard for me.

— Laura van den Berg

The first thing a writer needs to know is what kind of writer he/she is.

— Andre Aciman

I don't read other writers because I'm writing all the time. It's too disturbing to read a writer with a good style when you're…

— Norman Mailer

A good writer is one you can read without breaking a sweat.

— Patricia T. O'Conner

I think I'm a difficult conventional writer.

— Tom Stoppard

I've learned over the years that the writing is smarter and far larger than the writer and his or her own desires for it.

— Andre Dubus

Writing is hard, even for authors who do it all the time.

— Roger Angell

I've found that writers who don't read really can't write.

— Sylvia Day