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Writing a novel is like childbirth: once you realize how awful it really is, you never want to do it again.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Really
Never
Like
Childbirth
Awful
Realize
Novel
Realizing
Writing

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