Battle Quote by Wole Soyinka

If you are not discouraged about your writing on a regular basis, you may not be trying hard enough. Any challenging pursuit will encounter…

— Maxwell Perkins

There are times when I just can't bring myself to sit down and write and I'm never sure whether it's pure laziness or lack…

— Kate Cary

I'm not disciplined enough to be a writer consistently. I write when I have to.

— Vin Diesel

It's hard work, writing, you know. Honestly, a fight every day against your own limitations. You have to squeeze books out of your brain,…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

It's been hard for me to not write, and that's the only process I can speak to I guess, it's so compulsive and I…

— Adam Rapp

Writing anything is terribly hard but, alas for me, because I am addicted, a heck of a lot of fun. I often am sorry…

— Judy Collins

I am not one of those writers that it just flows out of effortlessly. I have to sit and write and rewrite and sometimes…

— Princess Superstar

I try to write a lot and my process is kind of back and forth. I procrastinate a lot so when I do sit…

— Courtney Barnett

I find writing extremely difficult. I usually have to drag myself to my desk, mainly because I doubt myself. And it's getting harder because…

— Markus Zusak

I find writing very difficult. It's hard and it hurts sometimes, and it's scary because of the fear of failure and the very unpleasant…

— Tony Kushner

I hate everything about writing except doing it.

— Tony Harrison

Writing has been so much a part of my life that I'm really quite annoyed that I can't do as much as I used…

— Anne McCaffrey