Found this quote recently
"Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives." -James Joyce
And
"Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way." -E. L. Doctorow
The second one I fully agree with, btw.
src:
http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/2012/...-writing/Power