Eddie Vedder Quotes

I find coming up with a title the hardest part of writing a novel.

There aren't a lot of 'Aha!' moments in writing.

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 feeling that you may have reached the limit of your abilities.

We all know funny people who can't get it down on the page - even funny writers who can't get it down on the page.

With writing, I love doing it, but there's that love-hate relationship: You're not having a good run, you've hit a wall; it's frustrating.

I hated being a novelist when I was 20 - I had nothing to write about.

I really don't write much anymore, and I'm not uncomfortable with that. I've tried writing and the sentences come out fine, but I write a few pages and I don't want to go on.

The problem with books, now that I've written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than sitting down to write something new.

I find writing really hard, but then, every author I know finds writing really hard work.

Yeah, writers do hate writing.

I hear so many writers say - and these are writers that I trust completely - 'I just started hearing a voice', or, 'The characters came to life'. I am filled with loathing for my own characters when I hear that because they do nothing of the sort. Left to their own devices, they do nothing but drink coffee and complain about their lives.

It's tough to know what I'm going to write about. I never really know until it starts happening.

Sometimes you don't really know what you're going to write about. I mean, there's times where you get into a writing room and it's a complete flop. And then there's times where you get to a writing room and you're like, 'Oh, I'm just on a roll.'

I don't really like to just sit down at a computer and write, because that tends to be a little forced.

I'm not a poet. So the writing process is a difficult one for me.

Trying to write books with a subject matter or in a genre or style you're not familiar with is the best way to find the Big Block looming.

They say it is the first step that costs the effort. I do not find it so. I am sure I could write unlimited 'first chapters'. I have indeed written many.

I find writing extraordinarily difficult and not very pleasurable, though I find having done it very pleasurable. I won't lie about that.

I envy people who write easily. I enjoy the process, but it's not easeful for me.

Unless I'm really uneasy with what I'm writing, I lose interest very quickly.

I have no literary fears.

If I was going to write something, I'd need to stop for three months and just see if I had any thoughts in there.

I find writing really difficult - definitely the most difficult of all the things I do.

The easiest thing to do on earth is not write.

With a novel, no matter where I am in it, I'm fretting about it. Every time I write a book, it starts with great forward momentum. Then there seems to be a period where it slows down a bit, and other things intervene. Then I gain momentum.