Writing is mentally stimulating; it’s like a puzzle that makes you think all the time. — Stephanie Zimbalist
Writing is hard work. Generating stories that catch people’s attention and holding it are very difficult. — David Ogden Stiers
The biggest obstacle to professional writing is the necessity for changing a typewriter ribbon. — Robert Benchley
Reviewing music or reviewing anything is a writing job. It’s nice if you are experienced — Virgil Thomson
Most people won’t realize that writing is a craft. You have to take your apprenticeship in it like anything else. — Katherine Anne Porter
Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. — Jules Renard
Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; — Raymond Chandler
Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards. — Robert A. Heinlein
When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency — James Thurber
Writing is very much a playground – an artistic playground. It’s the most fun thing I do. — Shania Twain
Every week I get the script and I laugh out loud and get excited for the different stuff we get to do. — Sarah Chalke
Somebody would say, ‘can you write us an article about big, bodice-ripping, blockbusting romance novels?’ — Neil Gaiman
The act of writing is a kind of catharsis, a liberation, but I never really concerned myself with that. I write because it interests me. — Nathalie Sarraute
Producing is hell, writing is frustrating, acting is really satisfying, directing is heaven. — Salma Hayek
Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you’ve made sense of one small area. — Nadine Gordimer
An editor should tell the author his writing is better than it is. Not a lot better, a little better. — T.S. Eliot
Writing is easy: all you do is sit staring at the blank sheet of paper until the drops of blood form on your forehead. — Gene Fowler
Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don’t feel I should be doing something else. — Gloria Steinem
Writing is a voice that calls us from dreams, that peeks out of the corner of our eyes when we think no one is looking — Judy Collins