Writing Struggles Quotes

“I respect my limitations, but I don't use them as an excuse. ”
― Stephen R. Donaldson

“For all that spontaneity, the truth is that The Last Unicorn was a grubby, sweaty, joyless job of work, except now and then. It was squeezed and twisted out of an imagination that never felt as though it had very much to give. I went through black cycles of depression and self-disgust, lightened by occasional periods when I felt that the book had been a bad idea in the first place, and at least it wasn’t as though I was messing up something pretty. But most of the time I knew that the unicorn, Schmendrick, Lír, Molly Grue, and all the rest were alive, and that I was failing them. I don’t know for sure that that’s the worst feeling an author can have, being still new to the trade. But it’s the worst one I know so far.”
― Peter S. Beagle

“I write things down because my thoughts get too heavy in my head and it hurts my neck.”
― Joyce Rachelle

“The Four Stages of Writer’s Block
W.B. Stage I: I want to write but I can’t.
W.B. Stage II: I have to write but I can’t.
W.B. Stage I: I don’t want to write but I have to.
W.B. Stage I: I don’t have time for writing … and, honestly, I don’t feel like writing.”
― Katerina Stoykova Klemer

“They always tell you to do what you love. But they forget to add that writing doesn't pay by the hour.”
― Joyce Rachelle

“There are going to be people who don't like your book and that idea may stop you from writing. But, remember that there are people in the world who will like your story and want to hear what you have to say. Write for them.”
― Crystal A. Walker