Elizabeth David Quotes

Writing has never been that simple for me.

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

Let's face it, writing is hell.

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

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

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.

Writing never came naturally and I still have to force my hand to do it.

Writing is just always hard for me. It always feels like drawing blood. It's never particularly easy.

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

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.

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

Writing is agony for me. I work at it eight hours every day, hoping to get six pages, but I am satisfied with three.

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

There's nothing easy about writing. It's always difficult. It's always a struggle.

I wish I could write easily. I'm one of those guys who's visited by the muse when things are dire.

Yeah, writers do hate writing.

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

I have to always remember, writing is really hard.

The easiest thing to do on earth is not write.

Writing is not fun.

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

You are just in the middle of a struggle with words which are really very stubborn things, with a blank page, with the damn thing that you use to write with, a pen or a typewriter, and you forget all about the reader when you are doing that.

Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.