It's always struck me as unfair that writing has so little sensation when it's going well.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When the stories come easily and the writing process doesn't feel laboring, that's usually a good sign for me.
Writing doesn't come easily to me. It gets more and more difficult.
For me, writing has always come out of living a fairly to-the-bone kind of life, just really being present to a lot of life. The writing has been really a byproduct of that.
In fact, I think for a lot of writers, it's so hard to be read.
I like to be surprised. The best writing is when it defies me, when it starts going a different way than I had planned.
Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease.
Writing is agony. I hate it.
Writing has been as difficult for me as for people who don't like to write and as little fun.
At its best, the sensation of writing is that of any unmerited grace. It is handed to you, but only if you look for it.
The whole joy of writing comes from the opportunity to go over it and make it good, one way or another.
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