I find the most difficult part of writing is to get it down initially because what you have written is usually so terrible that it's disheartening, you don't want to go on.


The Paris Review (Summer 1993)

James Salter Quotes

I find the most difficult part of writing is to get it down initially because what you have written is usually so terrible that it's disheartening,...

I find the most difficult part of writing is to get it down initially because what you have written is usually so terrible that it's disheartening,...

I find the most difficult part of writing is to get it down initially because what you have written is usually so terrible that it's disheartening,...

I find the most difficult part of writing is to get it down initially because what you have written is usually so terrible that it's disheartening,...