Discouraged Quote by Sheila Heti

“Every one at some point felt discouraged, it was our faithful companions, who lifted our spirit to find hope again.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

'I Drink' took me two years to write.

— Mary Gauthier

My first book took five years to write and I made $1,000 on it. The second took three years and I made $3,000. All…

— Anonymous

I still have a full-time day job, which is why it took me five years to write An Ear to the Ground, and why…

— Ken Thompson

It took me ten years to write The Night Journal, so that was a big ordeal.

— Elizabeth Crook

It took me sixteen years to write.

— Junot Diaz

I talk to my typewriter and that is what I've been working on for 40 years-how to write for talking.

— Alistair Cooke

And I'm a slow writer: five, six hundred words is a good day. That's the reason it took me 20 years to write those…

— Shelby Foote

I just think, as writers, especially with a book that takes years to write, you sort of wake up every morning hoping and praying…

— Christopher Bollen

I love to read. I remember hearing that the average author takes two years to write a book. So when I read a book,…

— Mark Batterson

I taught elementary school and painted apartments for ten years. Now I write full-time and never have to change a thing I write. Every…

— Jon Scieszka

Yes, I did lock myself in my room for about two years and write some songs and things like that. But I don't feel…

— Hunter Hayes