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I write for the joy of writing. It is the air I breathe and the joy of my life. — Charlene Iverson

Words are a puzzle; put them together the right way and you get something beautiful. — Amy Joy

Someone once said that the joy is not in writing but in having written. I can't say I find that to be true, though I understand the sentiment. — Adam Gopnik

Writing is easy. Writing well is hard work. — Amy Joy

There is in writing the constant joy of sudden discovery, of happy accident. — H.L. Mencken

Writing is a bittersweet addiction. The more it drains you; the more replenished you feel, and you crave it even more. — Anthea Syrokou

The beauty of existence is my joy. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Good poetry reveals the beauty of joy and tragedy. — Debasish Mridha

What a joy Mary Jo Putney is to read; she can't write fast enough for me. — Laura Kinsale

Four great adventures; read, learn, write and travel. — Lailah Gifty Akita

While writing is like a joyful release, editing is a prison where the bars are my former intentions and the abusive warden my own neuroticism. — Tiffany Madison

Invariably, it is this for which I write: the joy ... of an argument firmly made, like a nail straightly driven, its head flush to the plank. — George Will

Scribbled secret notebooks, and wild typewritten pages, for yr own joy
— Jack Kerouac

Be a burst of joy. — A.D. Posey

It's my wish that I can help creative people think of new ways to be creative - to get more joy and understanding from their own unique processes. — Robert Genn

The best kind of happiness is a habit you're passionate about. — Shannon L. Alder

We ought to pray persistently. — Lailah Gifty Akita

All of the writing on '30 Rock' is a joy to go into. It's pretty hot stuff. — Elaine Stritch

Lyrically I write based on my past experiences or things I wish to experience. Pain inspires me as does joy. — Adam Anderson

I never enjoyed writing a book more; indeed, it is the only one I remember in no sense as a labor but as a joy. — John Kenneth Galbraith

I read my books to writing workshops and friends, and I'm often focussed just on keeping them entertained. I never think about marketing at all. — Karen Joy Fowler

Once again discovered: Do what you do because you enjoy. If expect others to give credit or honor your work, you are due for disappointment — Phillip Gary Smith

There is something unwholesome and destructive about the entire writing process. — Joy Williams

Literature is both my joy and my comfort: it can add to every happiness and there is no sorrow it cannot console. — Pliny The Younger

I loved words. I love to sing them and speak them and even now, I must admit, I have fallen into the joy of writing them. — Anne Rice

Sometimes when you're writing a song and that song comes into your head, it definitely comes from somewhere, like a real experience. — Vance Joy

There's a joy in writing short stories, a wonderful sense of reward when you pull certain things off. — Tobias Wolff

One writes to find words' meanings. — Joy Williams

The joy of writing.
The power of preserving.
Revenge of a mortal hand. — Wislawa Szymborska

Writing comes from the fear of failure not from the joy of winning. — Debasish Mridha

I started writing to save my life. — Joy Harjo

I always talk to my students about the need to write for the joy of writing. I try to sort of disaggregate the acclaim from the act of writing. — Kim Edwards

Joy's life in the doing (..) I mean it's the writing, not the being read that excites me. — Virginia Woolf

It's the writing, not the being read, that excites me. Joy is in the doing. — Virginia Woolf

It's not the stories - it's the pain and the joy and the people who stay with you long after the stories are told ... — John Geddes

I do think that there's art that is tortured, but I prefer art that has the joy in it. — Josh Ritter

It's easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless. — Erica Jong

The more words I have, the more distinct, precise my perceptions become
and such lucidity is a form of joy. — Eva Hoffman

Learn from your rejections and polish your craft. Write for the sheer joy of being creative. — Jonathan Weeks

I've always associated the moment of writing with a moment of lift, of joy, of unexpected reward. — Seamus Heaney

The whole joy of writing comes from the opportunity to go over it and make it good, one way or another. — James Salter

Give a hundred writers the same idea and you'll get a hundred different stories. — Joy Fielding

Octavia Butler was more interested in writing a good story than in worrying about where to slot it. — Karen Joy Fowler

Be expectant ... God is not finished writing your story! — Joy Marino

I have wrought my simple plan
If I give one hour of joy
To the boy who's half a man,
Or the man who's half a boy. — Arthur Conan Doyle

In Sarasota, Florida, Stephen King reminded me of the joy of just writing every day. — Neil Gaiman

Why is joy not considered a fit subject for an artist? — Eugene Manlove Rhodes

Writing has become my great joy - I simply love it. — Dawn French

Fresh, solid ideas feel like gifts to writers, therefore every morning is Christmas. — Criss Jami

What prevents you from fully expressing yourself? — Lailah Gifty Akita

A writer loves the dark, loves it, but is always fumbling around in the light. — Joy Williams

Anyone who says writing is easy isn't doing it right. — Amy Joy

Writing is my joy, is my comfort zone, it strengthens my feeble knees and it frees my troubled heart. — Euginia Herlihy

Getting that first draft out is a horribly hard grind, but that (perversely) is where the joy of it lies. — Jonathan Stroud

To me, New Order split up when Bernard and I stopped writing together. We started Joy Division together; we started New Order together. — Peter Hook

I would say that writing, both the act of writing, and of course reading of other people's work is, for me, supreme joy. — James Lipton

The joy of writing is the fullness of existence. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The joy of writing drama is putting yourself into different people's heads. — Andrew Davies

Oh, sweet cherry tree-
how lovely your blossoms are.
Spring brings joy to life. — A.K. White

Write, write, write! Get your you-know-what in the chair and write more books: write the books of your heart and don't let stress steal your joy. — Sarra Cannon

We are both drawn to surreal situations so the writing was a joy. — Dylan Moran

Writing isn't about the process. It is about creating. The joy comes not from the process but from the creation. — Harlan Coben

Writing music is my one and only passion and joy. — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The writing is a joy, so seamless you nearly miss the sheer artistry of the style and the terrific, wry humour. — Ken Bruen

Even on the silent days, believe your ship will come. — Shana Chartier

Some say writing is its own reward. I write for money, but writing for money is not so bad, especially when that writing brings you joy. — Eloisa James

I keep going;I keep writing because I know something good will happen, and I want to see it when it happens. — Millicent Ashby

When I wrote 'Dear Fatty,' I realised that sitting and writing alone is an absolute joy. — Dawn French

No amount of therapy can replace the joy of revenge writing. — Mylo Carbia

Writing is extremely personal, and that's the joy of it for me. — Steve Martin

No one is drawn to writing about being happy or feelings of joy. — Bret Easton Ellis

On pristine parchment I draw with my skis calligraphic lines of joy, writing poems of movement. — Patricia Robin Woodruff