Aidan Chambers Quotes

I envy people who write easily. I enjoy the process, but it's not easeful for me.

Let's face it, writing is hell.

I find writing really hard, but then, every author I know finds writing really hard work.

Writing has never been that simple for me.

Writing doesn't come easily to me. It gets more and more difficult.

I find writing extraordinarily difficult and not very pleasurable, though I find having done it very pleasurable. I won't lie about that.

I have a problem with beginnings... and endings... and middles. But I don't know what else I would do. I find it very, very difficult to write. It takes everything; it's physically and mentally and emotionally exhausting for me. And my neighbours. And my dog.

There's a danger in romanticizing what it means to be a writer. Because what it really means is hard, hard work. It means tearing your hair out. Feeling like your head is about to explode.

I've tried writing. Two days later I'd go visit it and say, Jesus Christ, who wrote this crap?

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

Each time, I think I'm never going to write another book. It never gets easier.

Yeah, writers do hate writing.

Mine is not a story to tell struggling writers.

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.

With writing, I love doing it, but there's that love-hate relationship: You're not having a good run, you've hit a wall; it's frustrating.

I continue to wish that writing were easier, that it would flow out completely perfect with no need for revisions.

Writing is agony for me. I work at it eight hours every day, hoping to get six pages, but I am satisfied with three.

I hated being a novelist when I was 20 - I had nothing to write about.

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

I have always found writing very difficult.

I like writing, but it really can be a struggle for me.

I have written, and I do write, but the truth is I don't love it. I can't stand the process!

We all know funny people who can't get it down on the page - even funny writers who can't get it down on the page.

I don't think screenwriting is therapeutic. It's actually really, really hard for me. It's not an enjoyable process.

Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.