--- title: "17 Ask Write Quotes by 15 authors" description: "Browse 17 Ask Write quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Ask Write sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d57/taylor-sheridan-7239_ask_i-m-not-the-guy-to-ask-to-write-a-sequel_905943.jpg" --- > [I'm not the guy to ask to write a sequel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-sheridan/i-m-not-the-guy-to-ask-to-write-a-sequel/) [Taylor Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-sheridan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d57/taylor-sheridan-7239_ask_i-m-not-the-guy-to-ask-to-write-a-sequel_905943.jpg) > [People ask me why I write. I write to find out what I know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/people-ask-me-why-i-write-i-write-to-find-out-what-i-know/) [Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f32/virginia-woolf-49_ask-me_people-ask-me-why-i-write-i-write-to-fin_539154.jpg) > [When people ask what I write about, that's what I tell them: 'The drama of human relationships.' I'm not even close to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-maynard/when-people-ask-what-i-write-about-that-s-what-i-tell-them-the-drama/) [Joyce Maynard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-maynard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f1/joyce-maynard-7181_drama_when-people-ask-what-i-write-about-that_540420.jpg) > [People always ask, 'How do you write so many books?' And I say, I work a lot. I work six or seven…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-l-stine/people-always-ask-how-do-you-write-so-many-books-and-i-say-i-work-a/) [R. L. Stine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-l-stine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2b/r-l-stine-12476_always_people-always-ask-how-do-you-write-so-ma_1232421.png) > [Every morning when I awake I ask myself whether I should write or blow up a dam. I tell myself I should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derrick-jensen/every-morning-when-i-awake-i-ask-myself-whether-i-should-write-or/) [Derrick Jensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derrick-jensen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cb/derrick-jensen-2824_asks_every-morning-when-i-awake-i-ask-myself_2930353.png) > [“You ask if I will write a poem I could, I suppose write the most splendiferous one of all but not right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sanober-khan/you-ask-if-i-will-write-a-poem-i-could-i-suppose-write-the-most/) [Sanober Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sanober-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd5/sanober-khan-9534_cinnamon_you-ask-if-i-will-write-a-poem-i-could-i_712691.jpg) > [“For some reason, when people meet me and find out I'm a writer they always ask if I write children's books. Um...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-m-pillow/for-some-reason-when-people-meet-me-and-find-out-i-m-a-writer-they/) [Michelle M. Pillow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-m-pillow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/925/michelle-m-pillow-9760_adult_for-some-reason-when-people-meet-me-and_1912539.jpg) > [Occasionally people ask me how it is I write different types of things, and my answer to that is it's very natural.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-tobin-anderson/occasionally-people-ask-me-how-it-is-i-write-different-types-of/) [Matthew Tobin Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-tobin-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/689/matthew-tobin-anderson-22550_answers_occasionally-people-ask-me-how-it-is-i-w_1616115.png) > [People ask me: "Why do you write about food, and eating, and drinking? Why don't you write about the struggle for power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher/people-ask-me-why-do-you-write-about-food-and-eating-and-drinking-why/) [M. F. K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e4/m-f-k-fisher-7947_answers_people-ask-me-why-do-you-write-about-foo_1065347.png) > [“You ask me why I do not write something… I think one's feelings waste themselves in words, they ought all to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/florence-nightingale/you-ask-me-why-i-do-not-write-something-i-think-one-s-feelings-waste/) [Florence Nightingale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/florence-nightingale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/860/florence-nightingale-2561_action_you-ask-me-why-i-do-not-write-something_2655888.png) > [“When people ask me how I write, I always answer, “Out loud.” It’s the single most important piece of advice I give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-robinson/when-people-ask-me-how-i-write-i-always-answer-out-loud-it-s-the/) [Jeffrey Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-robinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/jeffrey-robinson-50550_write_when-people-ask-me-how-i-write-i-always_1677832.jpg) > [“I think I was born to write. My mother would put a typewriter on the dining room table and say "there you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ida-pollock/i-think-i-was-born-to-write-my-mother-would-put-a-typewriter-on-the/) [Ida Pollock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ida-pollock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52e/ida-pollock-97308_books_i-think-i-was-born-to-write-my-mother-wo_2025792.jpg) > [You may well ask why I write. And yet my reasons are quite many. For it is not unusual in human beings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/you-may-well-ask-why-i-write-and-yet-my-reasons-are-quite-many-for-it/) [Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd5/ford-madox-ford-3409_asks_you-may-well-ask-why-i-write-and-yet-my_3228227.jpg) > [“I think that every one whom you may ask how to write a play will reply, if he really can write one,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-dumas-fils-2/i-think-that-every-one-whom-you-may-ask-how-to-write-a-play-will/) [Alexandre Dumas Fils](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-dumas-fils-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39d/alexandre-dumas-fils-2-63311_dear-friend_i-think-that-every-one-whom-you-may-ask_738889.jpg) > [“Therefore I would ask you to write all kinds of books, hesitating at no subject however trivial or however vast. By hook…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/therefore-i-would-ask-you-to-write-all-kinds-of-books-hesitating-at-2/) [Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/986/virginia-woolf-49_book_therefore-i-would-ask-you-to-write-all-k_479413.jpg) > [“There is only one way: Go within. Search for the cause, find the impetus that bids you write. Put it to this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainer-maria-rilke/there-is-only-one-way-go-within-search-for-the-cause-find-the-impetus/) [Rainer Maria Rilke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainer-maria-rilke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d4/rainer-maria-rilke-193_art_there-is-only-one-way-go-within-search-f_607511.jpg) > [“Therefore I would ask you to write all kinds of books, hesitating at no subject however trivial or however vast. By hook…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/therefore-i-would-ask-you-to-write-all-kinds-of-books-hesitating-at/) [Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a3/virginia-woolf-49_books_therefore-i-would-ask-you-to-write-all-k_430151.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ask-write/#itemlist", "name": "Ask Write Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm not the guy to ask to write a sequel.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Taylor Sheridan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-sheridan/i-m-not-the-guy-to-ask-to-write-a-sequel/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d57/taylor-sheridan-7239_ask_i-m-not-the-guy-to-ask-to-write-a-sequel_905943.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d57/taylor-sheridan-7239_ask_i-m-not-the-guy-to-ask-to-write-a-sequel_905943.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d57/taylor-sheridan-7239_ask_i-m-not-the-guy-to-ask-to-write-a-sequel_905943.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm not the guy to ask to write a sequel.” — Taylor Sheridan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People ask me why I write. 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Um... please don't let your kids read my books. Well, unless your kids are in their 30s or something...then yeah, they're old enough. LOL”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michelle M. Pillow" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-m-pillow/for-some-reason-when-people-meet-me-and-find-out-i-m-a-writer-they/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/925/michelle-m-pillow-9760_adult_for-some-reason-when-people-meet-me-and_1912539.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/925/michelle-m-pillow-9760_adult_for-some-reason-when-people-meet-me-and_1912539.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/925/michelle-m-pillow-9760_adult_for-some-reason-when-people-meet-me-and_1912539.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For some reason, when people meet me and find out I'm a writer they always ask if I write children's books…” — Michelle M. 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Fisher", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You ask me why I do not write something… I think one's feelings waste themselves in words, they ought all to be distilled into actions and into actions which bring results.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Florence Nightingale" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/florence-nightingale/you-ask-me-why-i-do-not-write-something-i-think-one-s-feelings-waste/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/860/florence-nightingale-2561_action_you-ask-me-why-i-do-not-write-something_2655888.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/860/florence-nightingale-2561_action_you-ask-me-why-i-do-not-write-something_2655888.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/860/florence-nightingale-2561_action_you-ask-me-why-i-do-not-write-something_2655888.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You ask me why I do not write something… I think one's feelings waste themselves in words, they ought all to…” — Florence Nightingale", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When people ask me how I write, I always answer, “Out loud.” It’s the single most important piece of advice I give young writers. I insist, unequivocally, the greatest works that have every been written were – every one of them – written out loud. Learn that trick, teach yourself to listen to what you’re writing, and your writing will improve immeasurably.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jeffrey Robinson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-robinson/when-people-ask-me-how-i-write-i-always-answer-out-loud-it-s-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/jeffrey-robinson-50550_write_when-people-ask-me-how-i-write-i-always_1677832.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/jeffrey-robinson-50550_write_when-people-ask-me-how-i-write-i-always_1677832.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/jeffrey-robinson-50550_write_when-people-ask-me-how-i-write-i-always_1677832.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When people ask me how I write, I always answer, “Out loud.” It’s the single most important piece of advice…” — Jeffrey Robinson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I think I was born to write. My mother would put a typewriter on the dining room table and say \"there you go\". My first story was published in the Christian Herald and they would pay me five guineas. I wrote my first novel when I was just 14. I was into mysteries and thrillers at the time but I eventually I drifted into romance because my mother would always ask me to write 'something pretty'. I've never got bored of it because its something I absolutely love. My books are full of hope and romance rather than sex. 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