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“Writing is part intuition and part trial and error, but mostly it's very hard work.”

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Author:Cheryl Strayed

“Writing is hard work, and fun, and requires you to keep your backside in a chair when you would sometimes like to put it elsewhere. So the only wisdom is the advice to keep at it, I guess.”

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Author:Lois Lowry

“If we marvel at the artist who has written a great book, we must marvel more at those people whose lives are works of art and who don't even know it, who wouldn't believe it if they were told. However hard work good writing may be, it is easier than good living.”

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Book:Gates of excellence: on reading and writing books for children

Source: Gates of excellence: on reading and writing books for children

“Writing music is not so much inspiration as hard work.”

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Author:George Gershwin

“One metric catches people. We prefer businesses that drown in cash. An example of a different business is construction equipment. You work hard all year and there is your profit sitting in the yard. We avoid businesses like that. We prefer those that can write us a check at the end of the year.”

People Writing Years Different Ends Hard Example Hard Work Sitting Profit Checks Construction Cash Yards Equipment Metrics

Author:Charlie Munger

“Well mostly in song writing my experience is that there isn't so much inspiration as hard work. You sit there for hours, days and weeks with a guitar and piano until something good comes.”

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Author:Bjorn Ulvaeus

“[Writing is] largely a matter of application and hard work, or writing and rewriting endlessly until you are satisfied that you have said what you want to say as clearly and simply as possible. For me that usually means many, many revisions.”

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Book:The house of life: Rachel Carson at work

Source: The house of life: Rachel Carson at work

“The writing for me is hard work and I always look forward to drawing the pictures.”

Writing Looks Hard Hard Work Drawing

Author:Marc Brown