Writing anything as an expert is really poisonous to the writing process, because you lose the quality of discovery. Siddhartha Mukherjee discoveryexpertlose Change image and share on social
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. Judy Collins addictalafun Change image and share on social
Writing as a woman presents enormous problems but I have attempted it several times and haven't had many complaints. Jim Harrison attemptcomplaintenormous Change image and share on social
Writing, basically breaks down to relationships between people and that is what you write about. Leon Uris basicallybreakpeople Change image and share on social
Writing beautiful melodies is not fashionable because it is very difficult to do. Gian Carlo Menotti beautifuldifficultfashionable Change image and share on social
Writing became an obsessive compulsive habit but I had almost no money so I thought about being an urban firefighter and having lots of free time in which to write or becoming an English teacher and thinking about books and writers on a daily basis. That swayed me. David Guterson basisbookcompulsive share on social
Writing blurbs for books means you have to read the book, and it cuts into the business of bookselling. So every time I get a blurb from a bookseller, I try to write a thank you note. Gabrielle Zevin blurbbookbooksel Change image and share on social
Writing 'Book 1: The Maze of Bones' didn't feel much different than writing one of my other novels, but I thought it was very innovative to offer the website and trading card components as well for those readers who wanted to go more in depth with the Cahill experience. Rick Riordan bonebookcahill share on social
Writing books and being paid for it - it's not like winning the Lottery. You can't suddenly go, 'Yippee!' and start throwing tenners in the air. I've done pretty well out of it, but certainly not enough to say, 'Right, that's me set up for life.' Joanne Harris airbookhave share on social
Writing books can be very individual - one might strike you as helpful that someone else found useless, or that you might not have appreciated at some other time in your life. Ann Leckie appreciatebookfind Change image and share on social
