Writing Reluctance Quotes

In high school, I was very active in extracurricular activities such as art, theatre, and choir. I also wrote for the school newspaper, but not regularly, because I never liked writing non-fiction very much.

I review novels to make money, because it is easier for a sluggard to write an article a fortnight than a book a year, because the writer is soothed by the opiate of action, the crank by posing as a good journalist, and having an air hole. I dislike it. I do it and I am always resolving to give it up.

I'd rather get a hot dog or a doughnut than write a song.

Either you've got the bug, or you haven't. There are many things I'd rather be doing than writing a book.

The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.

I don't wake up in the morning and say, 'Jeez, I feel great today. I think I'll write a song.' I mean, anything is more interesting to me than writing a song. It's like, 'I think I'd like to write a song... No, I guess I better go feed the cat first.' You know what I mean? It's like pulling teeth. I don't enjoy it a bit.

I hate writing. I almost never write. I write against deadlines. And when I'm teaching, I'm focused on that.

I'm a reluctant writer of non-fiction, in part because I don't really feel qualified.

I don't want to go out hunting for dismal topics to write about.

I never really wanted to write and wanted to focus on acting.

Please Mia," he implores. "Don't make me write a song.

Poetry says the things that I can't say. I read a lot, but I never write it.

I'd love to branch out but I have absolutely no interest in romance. I just don't. The thought of trying to write a rom-com ... it just completely skeeves me out. No!

I love sushi, but I'm not going to write a column about it.

I don't think it's good to say that you won't do certain things, but I don't necessarily have the natural urge to write.

I never wanted to write a book, and people have asked me for years to do it.