Book Quote by Susie Bright

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

— Sylvia Day

I've always thought that writing isn't really that hard. It's having a good idea that's hard.

— Lyle Lovett

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

— Roger Angell

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

— Laura van den Berg

One thing that writers have in common is that they are readers first. They have read lots and lots of stuff, because they're just…

— Terry Pratchett

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

— Patricia T. O'Conner

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

Writing can come naturally to some. Still, when it comes to good writing, this is true: Easy reading is damn hard writing.

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

The hardest thing in the world for a writer is to amass a readership. So many good books come out, and so many good…

— Patrick deWitt

I am the kind of writer that people think other people are reading.

— V. S. Naipaul

It's easy, after all, not to be a writer. Most people aren't writers, and very little harm comes to them.

— Julian Barnes

It takes hard writing to make easy reading.

— Robert Louis Stevenson