Earlier Quote by Therese Fowler

When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.

— Enrique Jardiel Poncela

No time you spend writing will be wasted - even if you write something that's bad.

— Elif Batuman

There's a lot of effort expended once you begin to completely trash your life. Sometimes, writing feels like this to me.

— Dan Chaon

a writer doesn't only need the time when he's actually writing - he or she has got to have time to think and time…

— Nadine Gordimer

Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.

— Carlos Fuentes

If you write your best, even if you have to throw it out later, it's not wasted effort. You're getting better.

— Anonymous

A writer never finds the time to write. A writer makes it. If you don't have the drive, the discipline, and the desire, then…

— Nora Roberts

When you're writing something that is truly original it takes time.

— Daniel Lissing

We all have time to write. We have time to write the minute we are willing to write badly, to chase a dead end,…

— Julia Cameron

If what needs to get done is going to get done, then I can't screw around with the luxury of writing rituals or waiting…

— Paul G. Tremblay

One can become drab, dull, and boring doing the same thing every day. Writing helps break the monotony.

— Ravi Subramanian

When you don't want something enough to make the effort, making an effort is a waste.

— Malcolm Forbes