“(N)ot writing was hard work, almost as hard as writing.”
“Writing is thinking and thinking is hard work.”
“That's the hard work of writing. The imagining.”
“The most radical, audacious thing to think is that there might be some point to working hard and thinking hard and reading hard and writing hard and trying to be of service”
“Writing is a combination of intangible creative fantasy and appallingly hard work.”
“The desire to write well can never be fulfilled without hard work.”