I revise toward clarity and away from difficulty,
wanting the poem to appear to be written with ease.
– Ted
Kooser
Tag: difficulty
Quotable 260
The hardest thing about being a writer is convincing your wife that lying on the sofa is work.
– John Hughes
Quotable 167
Writing well is difficult, but one can always write something. And then, with a lot of work, make it better.
– Thomas Mallon
Quotable 138
There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly. Sometimes it is like drilling rock and blasting it out with charges.
– Ernest Hemingway