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I think I'm a difficult conventional writer.

Some writers - most, I suspect - write in isolation. I think I'd always found that quite difficult.

I don't really consider myself a writer.

I'm not a very good writer. I'm working at it.

I've always said the hardest aspect of the job of being a writer is writing.

I believe in the verb, not the noun - I am not a writer, but someone compelled to write.

I'm not a great writer.

Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.

Good writing does not come from verbiage but from words.

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