Friday 27 May 2011

Quote du jour

I've just come across this wonderful quote from Thomas Mann:

"A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people."

Oh, how true! (and strangely comforting)

7 comments:

  1. It certainly is, Frances (true and comforting!)

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  2. Thanks, Teresa and Karen. Is there any writer who finds writing easy?

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  3. Every time I read that quote I do find it strangely comforting. I think because it reminds me that writing is a craft as well as a calling.

    Judy, South Africa

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  4. Judy, as we all know, writing is something that everyone thinks they can do. It's only by working hard at it that we realise we (or should I say, some of us) can't!

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  5. I find writing easy. It's only when I try to turn what I've written into something other people might be able to read that things get tricky.

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  6. Patsy, that is so true (the last bit, anyway!).

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