I don't reread my books after they're published, because it's agony.
Laurie Halse Anderson
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
Maya Angelou
Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.
George Eliot
I believe in joy, but I believe in the flip-side, agony.
Mercedes McCambridge
Writing is agony. I hate it.
P. J. O'Rourke
Acting is happy agony.
Jean-Paul Sartre
On the outskirts of every agony sits some observant fellow who points.
Virginia Woolf
Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble.
Louise Bogan