The difficulty of writing a good theatre play set in new reality was even greater given that the level of similitude to life that is allowed in a film would not work on the stage. Votes: 5
The difficulty of writing about sex, for women, is that sex is best when not thought about, not analysed. Votes: 4
No author, without a trial, can conceive of the difficulty of writing a romance about a country where there is no shadow, no antiquity, no mystery, no picturesque and gloomy wrong, nor anything but a commonplace prosperity, in broad and simple daylight, as is happily the case with my dear native land. Votes: 4
The difficulty of writing a second novel is directly proportional to how successful the first novel was, it seems. Votes: 3
For me, most of the anxiety and difficulty of writing takes place in the act of not writing. It's the procrastination, the thinking about writing that's difficult. Votes: 3
If you are not a writer, you will not understand the difficulties of writing. If you are not a writer, you will not know the fears and hopes of the writers you teach. Votes: 2
Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease. Votes: 1
As for critical writing about modernism, its moments of lucidity are but fulgurations illuminating the dark and incomprehensible landscape of its subject's unabashed difficulty. Votes: 1
I have had quite a lot of prizes, but I don't think it makes any difference to the ease or difficulty to the writing process. Votes: 1
Writing, and its theatre of operation, is better than working shifts packing frozen sausages; that's all I need to think about if I'm having difficulties. Votes: 1
I have great difficulty sitting in the middle of the night and writing. Everything I do comes spontaneous. Sometimes it takes a long time; sometimes it comes just like that. Votes: 1
However, the difficulties and pleasures of the writing itself are similar for a novel with a historical setting and a novel with a contemporary setting, as far as I'm concerned. Votes: 1
Every acting gig isn't the same, every writing job isn't the same, every live performance isn't the same - the challenge is the level of difficulty or ease, and that may vary. Votes: 1
There is, I think, great difficulty in writing of one's self: it is almost impossible to present subjects where the chief actor must be conspicuous and not seem to be, or really be, egotistical. Votes: 1
Armchair poverty tourism has been around as long as authors have written about class. As an author, I have struggled myself with the nuances of writing about poverty without reducing any community to a catalog of its difficulties. Votes: 1
One would think that in writing about literary men and matters there would be no difficulty in finding a title for one's essay, or that any embarrassment which might arise would be from excess of material. I find this, however, far from being the case. Votes: 1
I realized going back and writing and explaining in details the difficulties I had lived actually became emotional again. It's like therapy but sometimes therapy can be painful. But it's part of life and part of the autobiography so I'll have to finish it sooner or later. Votes: 1
The accidents of my life have given me the ability to make stories in which different parts of the world are brought together, sometimes harmoniously, sometimes in conflict, and sometimes both - usually both. The difficulty in these stories is that if you write about everywhere you can end up writing about nowhere. Votes: 1
Everyone my age had written a novel and I was still having difficulty writing a paragraph. Votes: 0
The only difficulty is to know what bits to choose and what to leave out. Novel-writing is not creation, it is selection. Votes: 0
But I begin to think the chief difficulty in writing a book must be to keep out what does not belong to it. Votes: 0
When I feel difficulty coming on, I switch to another book I'm writing. When I get back to the problem, my unconscious has solved it. Votes: 0
A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept. Votes: 4 St. Jerome
The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words. Votes: 6 William H. Gass