William Styron Quotes

I huff and puff and struggle with every sentence, paragraph and page - sometimes every word as well.

Writing has never been that simple for me.

Writing doesn't come easily to me. It gets more and more difficult.

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

Writing has been as difficult for me as for people who don't like to write and as little fun.

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

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

There's a danger in romanticizing what it means to be a writer. Because what it really means is hard, hard work. It means tearing your hair out. Feeling like your head is about to explode.

I hated writing 'Love Warrior.' It's the hardest thing I've every written. I cried.

I like writing, but it really can be a struggle for me.

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

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 don't think screenwriting is therapeutic. It's actually really, really hard for me. It's not an enjoyable process.

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.

Each time, I think I'm never going to write another book. It never gets easier.

Writing is pretty crummy on the nerves.

Writing is agony. I hate it.

I don't wake up in the morning and say, 'Jeez, I feel great today. I think I'll write a song.' I mean, anything is more interesting to me than writing a song. It's like, 'I think I'd like to write a song... No, I guess I better go feed the cat first.' You know what I mean? It's like pulling teeth. I don't enjoy it a bit.

I said to Ruth Rendell, 'When you've written as many books as you have, it's easier.' She said, 'No dear, it gets harder'.

Writing anything is terribly hard but, alas for me, because I am addicted, a heck of a lot of fun. I often am sorry I ever started writing prose, because it is so hard. But I can't stop.

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.

I have a problem with beginnings... and endings... and middles. But I don't know what else I would do. I find it very, very difficult to write. It takes everything; it's physically and mentally and emotionally exhausting for me. And my neighbours. And my dog.

I've tried writing. Two days later I'd go visit it and say, Jesus Christ, who wrote this crap?