The only certainty about writing and trying to be a writer is that it has to be done, not dreamed of or planned and never written, or talked about (the ego eventually falls apart like a soaked sponge), but simply written; it's a dreadful, awful fact that writing is like any other work.


The Envoy from Mirror City: Autobiography 3 (ed. 1985)

Janet Frame Quotes

The only certainty about writing and trying to be a writer is that it has to be done, not dreamed of or planned and never written, or talked about...

The only certainty about writing and trying to be a writer is that it has to be done, not dreamed of or planned and never written, or talked about...

The only certainty about writing and trying to be a writer is that it has to be done, not dreamed of or planned and never written, or talked about...

The only certainty about writing and trying to be a writer is that it has to be done, not dreamed of or planned and never written, or talked about...