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title: "32 Actually Writing Quotes by 31 authors"
description: "Browse 32 Actually Writing quotes by 31 authors. Discover the best Actually Writing sayings and thoughts."
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> [I find that when I am actually writing, I enter a zone of concentration too small to admit my troubles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/i-find-that-when-i-am-actually-writing-i-enter-a-zone-of/)

[Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/)

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> [When it comes to actually writing, I like to write in a full room with the amps blasting, and a big drum…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slash/when-it-comes-to-actually-writing-i-like-to-write-in-a-full-room-with/)

[Slash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slash/)

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> [“We may not be able to witness our own eulogy, but we’re actually writing it all the time, every day.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arianna-huffington/we-may-not-be-able-to-witness-our-own-eulogy-but-we-re-actually/)

[Arianna Huffington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arianna-huffington/)

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> [Actually I'm writing as best I can, in order to keep the momentum and the career there, but I want to live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-berry/actually-i-m-writing-as-best-i-can-in-order-to-keep-the-momentum-and/)

[Chuck Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-berry/)

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> [You only learn to be a better writer by actually writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doris-lessing/you-only-learn-to-be-a-better-writer-by-actually-writing/)

[Doris Lessing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doris-lessing/)

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> [People think that writing is writing, but actually writing is editing. Otherwise, you're just taking notes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-abani/people-think-that-writing-is-writing-but-actually-writing-is-editing/)

[Chris Abani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-abani/)

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> [Actually I was writing with people that didn't get records.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-weil/actually-i-was-writing-with-people-that-didn-t-get-records/)

[Cynthia Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-weil/)

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> [I don't know if you actually get something out of writing poetry. I think poetry is an autonomous muse that decides to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-don-t-know-if-you-actually-get-something-out-of-writing-poetry-i/)

[Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/)

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> [I love writing. I never feel really comfortable unless I am either actually writing or have a story going. I could not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-g-wodehouse-2/i-love-writing-i-never-feel-really-comfortable-unless-i-am-either/)

[P. G. Wodehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-g-wodehouse-2/)

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> [I cling to the fantasy that I could have done something more creative. Like actually writing a script, or writing a book.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-grant/i-cling-to-the-fantasy-that-i-could-have-done-something-more-creative/)

[Hugh Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-grant/)

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> [When it comes to actually writing the book/story, I work on a computer. I wish I could write longhand, but I can't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-g-tremblay/when-it-comes-to-actually-writing-the-book-story-i-work-on-a-computer/)

[Paul G. Tremblay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-g-tremblay/)

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> [As a loyal believer in the Auteur Theory I first felt editing was but the logical consequence of the way in which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernardo-bertolucci-film-director-of-the-last-emperor-etc/as-a-loyal-believer-in-the-auteur-theory-i-first-felt-editing-was-but/)

[Bernardo Bertolucci-Film Director of The Last Emperor etc](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernardo-bertolucci-film-director-of-the-last-emperor-etc/)

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> [I think a lot, so I don't spend a lot of time actually writing - I do that part very quickly. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ru-freeman/i-think-a-lot-so-i-don-t-spend-a-lot-of-time-actually-writing-i-do/)

[Ru Freeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ru-freeman/)

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> [“So this, it seems, is the key for authors who want to live forever: You need to write about important things without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/so-this-it-seems-is-the-key-for-authors-who-want-to-live-forever-you/)

[Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/)

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> [I'm actually writing history. It isn't what you'd call big history. I don't write about presidents and generals... I write about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-l-amour/i-m-actually-writing-history-it-isn-t-what-you-d-call-big-history-i/)

[Louis L'Amour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-l-amour/)

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> [It's so much work to make a movie, and for me it has to get me off my butt. To get me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rian-johnson/it-s-so-much-work-to-make-a-movie-and-for-me-it-has-to-get-me-off-my/)

[Rian Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rian-johnson/)

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> [Within a year after I write a play I forget the experience of having written it. And I couldn't revise or rewrite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/within-a-year-after-i-write-a-play-i-forget-the-experience-of-having/)

[Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/)

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> [My '60s plays were as good as most of the other plays I've written ... except I wasn't in a condition to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/my-60s-plays-were-as-good-as-most-of-the-other-plays-i-ve-written/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

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> [There is a big difference between wanting to say you wrote a book, and actually writing one. Many people think they want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-berkun/there-is-a-big-difference-between-wanting-to-say-you-wrote-a-book-and/)

[Scott Berkun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-berkun/)

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> [a writer doesn't only need the time when he's actually writing - he or she has got to have time to think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadine-gordimer/a-writer-doesn-t-only-need-the-time-when-he-s-actually-writing-he-or/)

[Nadine Gordimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadine-gordimer/)

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> [For many years I wanted to be a rock star but of course that didn't work out. I did however write on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-wiseau/for-many-years-i-wanted-to-be-a-rock-star-but-of-course-that-didn-t/)

[Tommy Wiseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-wiseau/)

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> [What gives my books authenticity is that I actually do what it is I'm writing about. I think the fact that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-reichs/what-gives-my-books-authenticity-is-that-i-actually-do-what-it-is-i-m/)

[Kathy Reichs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-reichs/)

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> [Discovery still happens in the writing. You start in nonfiction with a whole lot more going for you, because all the discovery…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-didion/discovery-still-happens-in-the-writing-you-start-in-nonfiction-with-a/)

[Joan Didion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-didion/)

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> [“Instead of a book, what if we're actually writing (or not writing) in the margins of our lives? What if our lives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-digh/instead-of-a-book-what-if-we-re-actually-writing-or-not-writing-in/)

[Patti Digh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-digh/)

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> [“I fancy myself a writer. And writing, in its most eloquent manner, since time became a concept indoctrinated by true troglodytes, tickles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-matthes/i-fancy-myself-a-writer-and-writing-in-its-most-eloquent-manner-since/)

[Dave Matthes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-matthes/)

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> [When I wrote 'Bully,' I was actually writing it. I was playing the beat and I was trying to write with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-spice/when-i-wrote-bully-i-was-actually-writing-it-i-was-playing-the-beat/)

[Ice Spice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-spice/)

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> [“But writing is like breathing--I do it because I have to. Actually, writing might be more like reading--I do it because I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-frost/but-writing-is-like-breathing-i-do-it-because-i-have-to-actually/)

[Heather Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-frost/)

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> [I don't start a novel until I have lived with the story for awhile to the point of actually writing an outline…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grisham/i-don-t-start-a-novel-until-i-have-lived-with-the-story-for-awhile-to/)

[John Grisham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grisham/)

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> [I can certainly be surprised by turns a story takes, but usually not once I'm actually in the writing/drawing stage. In the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-abel/i-can-certainly-be-surprised-by-turns-a-story-takes-but-usually-not/)

[Jessica Abel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-abel/)

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> [When I'm actually writing by hand, I get more of a sense of the rhythm of sentences, of syntax. The switch to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natasha-trethewey/when-i-m-actually-writing-by-hand-i-get-more-of-a-sense-of-the-rhythm/)

[Natasha Trethewey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natasha-trethewey/)

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> [“I hear you're a writer,' said 2040..."What are you writing about?' Not liking to discuss my writing with strangers, I had been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phoebe-damrosch/i-hear-you-re-a-writer-said-2040-what-are-you-writing-about-not/)

[Phoebe Damrosch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phoebe-damrosch/)

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> [I started writing as a child. But I didn't think of myself actually writing until I was in college. And I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-started-writing-as-a-child-but-i-didn-t-think-of-myself-actually/)

[Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/)

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