First time Quote by William Zinsser

Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time.…

— William Zinsser

“Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time.…

— Giles Colborne

“Easy reading is hard writing,”

— Ernest Hemingway

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

— William Zinsser

“The most difficult thing about writing; is writing the first line.”

— Amit Kalantri

Hard writing makes easy reading.

— Wallace Stegner

“Writing is easy. Writing well is hard work.”

— Amy Joy

“Don't for once ever think that what you're doing is easy. If it feels that way, you're probably doing something wrong. Throwing words onto…

— Allison M. Dickson

Easy writing makes hard reading.

— Ernest Hemingway

“Probably no subject is too hard if people take the trouble to think and write and read clearly.”

— William Knowlton Zinsser

“How hard can writing be? After all, most of the words are going to be 'and,' 'the,' and 'I,' and 'it,' and so on,…

— Terry Pratchett

“Writers write. Period. No matter how hard it is. One word after another. Sometimes the sentences spill quickly from our fingertips, and other times…

— Debra Dixon