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Writing is one of the few professions in which you can psychoanalyse yourself, get rid of hostilities and frustrations in public, and get paid for it.

You know, writing is really difficult, and it takes a real patience and a skill. I don't know if I have that. I admire it in others, so much, and I envy it.

I always loved writing, but never considered that I could do it professionally.

I find writing very difficult. It's hard and it hurts sometimes, and it's scary because of the fear of failure and the very unpleasant feeling that you may have reached the limit of your abilities.

Writing is hard, hard work; that's just the way it is.

Writing requires a great deal of skill, just like painting does. People don't want to learn those skills.

The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.