Quote

Good writing of course requires talent, and no one can teach you to have talent.

Writing is really hard, and it's really a skill.

I think all good writing is a struggle. To write as well as you feel you can has to be a struggle, almost by definition, because you could always improve.

Writing is just very difficult. I'm an adequate performer. And I think I have a special talent as an editor. Editing is what I do best.

Writing is hard work; it's also the best job I've ever had.

Writing is boring, very boring, and it takes so much patience.

Writing is a lot of fun for me; that's not to say it's easy, but I really do enjoy it.

Great writing is great writing. It's as simple as all that.

I'm very happy with the way I write. I think I do it good. But I've never really considered myself a writer.