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title: "47 Began Write Quotes by 46 authors"
description: "Browse 47 Began Write quotes by 46 authors. Discover the best Began Write sayings and thoughts."
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> [When I began to write seriously, 40 years ago now, my chosen form was the novel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-nicholson/when-i-began-to-write-seriously-40-years-ago-now-my-chosen-form-was/)

[William Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-nicholson/)

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> [When I first began to write, I was writing on bass, because I was thinking more Public Image, more dub.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-rossdale/when-i-first-began-to-write-i-was-writing-on-bass-because-i-was/)

[Gavin Rossdale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-rossdale/)

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> [I began to write short pieces when I was living in a room too small to write a novel in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-cartwright/i-began-to-write-short-pieces-when-i-was-living-in-a-room-too-small/)

[Angela Cartwright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-cartwright/)

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> [I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-reilly-giff/i-have-no-special-talent-you-know-i-never-took-a-writing-course/)

[Patricia Reilly Giff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-reilly-giff/)

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> [And out of a desire essentially to imitate what I was reading, I began to write, like a clever monkey.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-banks/and-out-of-a-desire-essentially-to-imitate-what-i-was-reading-i-began/)

[Russell Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-banks/)

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> [I began to write because I was too shy to talk, and too lonely not to send messages.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-mchugh/i-began-to-write-because-i-was-too-shy-to-talk-and-too-lonely-not-to/)

[Heather McHugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-mchugh/)

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> [“I began to write again. I wrote just for the fuck of it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-leebron/i-began-to-write-again-i-wrote-just-for-the-fuck-of-it/)

[Fred Leebron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-leebron/)

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> [I began to write a kind of waltz and in a little more than an hour I had the theme written.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-jarre/i-began-to-write-a-kind-of-waltz-and-in-a-little-more-than-an-hour-i/)

[Maurice Jarre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-jarre/)

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> [It really wasn't until I was in college when I began to write more and more, and I realized I was scheduling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-dove/it-really-wasn-t-until-i-was-in-college-when-i-began-to-write-more/)

[Rita Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-dove/)

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> [“I began to make notes. I began to write down everything I saw and heard and remembered and imagined. I began to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-didion/i-began-to-make-notes-i-began-to-write-down-everything-i-saw-and/)

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

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> [After starting as a journalist for newspapers and magazines, I began to write books and had success with a novel and four…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goldman/after-starting-as-a-journalist-for-newspapers-and-magazines-i-began/)

[Jane Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goldman/)

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> [When I first began to write fiction, I didn't think I was a comic writer; I thought I was a serious writer.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-burgess/when-i-first-began-to-write-fiction-i-didn-t-think-i-was-a-comic/)

[Anthony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-burgess/)

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> [I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-levinson/i-never-really-wanted-to-be-an-actor-and-that-was-the-beginning-of-it/)

[Barry Levinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-levinson/)

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> [ “He began to write his thoughts and observations concerning the day's events \[...\] It helped him better understand everything he had seen… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-paolini/he-began-to-write-his-thoughts-and-observations-concerning-the-day-s/)

[Christopher Paolini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-paolini/)

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> [I wasn't entitled to dream so big. The idea of me being a writer wasn't even possible in my mind. Even when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupi-kaur/i-wasn-t-entitled-to-dream-so-big-the-idea-of-me-being-a-writer-wasn/)

[Rupi Kaur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupi-kaur/)

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> [But, that was the beginning, though I didn't start writing until I was in high school and when I was in high…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/but-that-was-the-beginning-though-i-didn-t-start-writing-until-i-was/)

[Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/)

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> [While asleep, I had an unusual experience. There was a red screen formed by flowing blood, as it were. I was observing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/srinivasa-ramanujan/while-asleep-i-had-an-unusual-experience-there-was-a-red-screen/)

[Srinivasa Ramanujan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/srinivasa-ramanujan/)

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> [“It was then that I began to write. Writing helps when you can't talk to your friends; it wasn't that my friends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-thayer-hamann/it-was-then-that-i-began-to-write-writing-helps-when-you-can-t-talk/)

[Hilary Thayer Hamann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-thayer-hamann/)

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> [I began to write when I was seven, and I have been writing off and on ever since. It is still off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-golding/i-began-to-write-when-i-was-seven-and-i-have-been-writing-off-and-on/)

[William Golding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-golding/)

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> [The main characters for 'The Seer and the Sword' made an appearance one night and then haunted me for over five years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-hanley/the-main-characters-for-the-seer-and-the-sword-made-an-appearance-one/)

[Victoria Hanley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-hanley/)

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> [My mother - my stepmother, really, she herself have been what they call an elocutionist. And she was the one who first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruby-dee/my-mother-my-stepmother-really-she-herself-have-been-what-they-call/)

[Ruby Dee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruby-dee/)

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> [When I began to write our story down, I thought I was writing a record of hate, but somehow the hate has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-greene/when-i-began-to-write-our-story-down-i-thought-i-was-writing-a-record/)

[Graham Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-greene/)

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> [I did not always know I would be a writer. Until I had a room of my own, I did not write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marge-piercy/i-did-not-always-know-i-would-be-a-writer-until-i-had-a-room-of-my/)

[Marge Piercy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marge-piercy/)

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> [“When I first began to write, I had been a child for most of my life, and my childhood memories were vivid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-solnit/when-i-first-began-to-write-i-had-been-a-child-for-most-of-my-life/)

[Rebecca Solnit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-solnit/)

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> [I was a writer first, and knew I'd be a storyteller at age seven. But since my parents are very practical, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-gerritsen/i-was-a-writer-first-and-knew-i-d-be-a-storyteller-at-age-seven-but/)

[Tess Gerritsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tess-gerritsen/)

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> [“I put my pen to the paper and began to write. I’d made so many wishes for so many couples quietly in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-put-my-pen-to-the-paper-and-began-to-write-i-d-made-so-many-wishes/)

[Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/)

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> [My books have done extremely well, I know. But I don't honestly feel much different from when I began to write. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/my-books-have-done-extremely-well-i-know-but-i-don-t-honestly-feel/)

[Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/)

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> [“After a long while he sat upright with great effort, exhaled a sigh and reached for a clean sheet of lined paper,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-shaw/after-a-long-while-he-sat-upright-with-great-effort-exhaled-a-sigh/)

[Ali Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-shaw/)

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> [“It was time to begin making notes on how the search was going, the people he had met, the conversations he had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/it-was-time-to-begin-making-notes-on-how-the-search-was-going-the/)

[José Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

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> [I began to write poetry when I was about four years old. In other words, I've always been writing poetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernesto-cardenal/i-began-to-write-poetry-when-i-was-about-four-years-old-in-other/)

[Ernesto Cardenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernesto-cardenal/)

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> [My favourite place was in The Congo. It's where I began to write songs and build myself as an adult.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jain/my-favourite-place-was-in-the-congo-it-s-where-i-began-to-write-songs/)

[Jain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jain/)

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> [The women's movement was coming, but I didn't know it in 1956-1957, when I began to write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-paley/the-women-s-movement-was-coming-but-i-didn-t-know-it-in-1956-1957/)

[Grace Paley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-paley/)

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> [I began to write in the first place because I expected everything to change, and I wanted to have things in writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-saroyan/i-began-to-write-in-the-first-place-because-i-expected-everything-to/)

[William Saroyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-saroyan/)

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> [“Taking out the journal she’d packed, and intending to make some preproduction notes on The Women, Sidda began to write instead about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-wells/taking-out-the-journal-she-d-packed-and-intending-to-make-some/)

[Rebecca Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-wells/)

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> [In my early twenties, that's when I really began to write. Before that, I was too busy working, keeping myself going.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-fox/in-my-early-twenties-that-s-when-i-really-began-to-write-before-that/)

[Paula Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-fox/)

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> [“He felt a deep urge to put some order in this chaos. Leaning against a large standing-stone by the wayside, he drew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-mccluskey/he-felt-a-deep-urge-to-put-some-order-in-this-chaos-leaning-against-a/)

[Alan McCluskey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-mccluskey/)

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> [Having decided to follow my own intuitive path I began to write music on the basis of harmonized spoken words, for new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-partch/having-decided-to-follow-my-own-intuitive-path-i-began-to-write-music/)

[Harry Partch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-partch/)

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> [I began to write poetry in high school, and would ride miles over sandy roads in the fine hills around Cedar Rapids,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-engle/i-began-to-write-poetry-in-high-school-and-would-ride-miles-over/)

[Paul Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-engle/)

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> [The idea of directing was something that I always had in the back of my mind, and writing as well. I began…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-martin-smith/the-idea-of-directing-was-something-that-i-always-had-in-the-back-of/)

[Charles Martin Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-martin-smith/)

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> [One of the reasons I began to write was because I wanted stories for my children where the characters spoke as they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theresa-breslin/one-of-the-reasons-i-began-to-write-was-because-i-wanted-stories-for/)

[Theresa Breslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theresa-breslin/)

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                        "text": "“When I first began to write, I had been a child for most of my life, and my childhood memories were vivid and potent, and the forces that shaped me, Most of them have grown fainter with time, and whenever I write one down, I give it away: it ceases to have the shadowy life of memory and becomes fixed in letters: it ceases to be mine; it loses that mobile unreliability of the live.”",
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                        "text": "I was a writer first, and knew I'd be a storyteller at age seven. But since my parents are very practical, they urged me to go into a profession that would be far more secure so I went to medical school. But after practicing medicine for a few years, while raising two sons (with a husband who was also a doctor) I realized that combining medicine with motherhood was more of a challenge than I could handle. So I left medicine and stayed home. And that's when I once again picked up the pen and began to write.",
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                        "text": "“I put my pen to the paper and began to write. I’d made so many wishes for so many couples quietly in my head as they drove away, but writing the words out made it seem more real, possible. For them, and maybe for me. FOR YOU, I WISH FOR SECOND CHANCES. I folded it shut, then put it on the wall before I could change my mind, right above Jilly’s. As Michael Salem called out to her and she started his way, I crossed the backyard, moving toward the music. When I looked back at the wish wall from a distance, it was a sea of squares: I couldn’t even find mine among them. So many things we ask for, hope for, prayers put out into a world so wide: there was no way they could all be answered. But you had to keep asking. If you didn’t, nothing even had a chance of coming true.”",
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                        "text": "My books have done extremely well, I know. But I don't honestly feel much different from when I began to write. I still think we have a long way to go. I suppose my name means more in Nigeria today than it did five years ago. But I feel the job that literature should do in our community has not even started. It's not yet part of the life of the nation. We are still at the beginning. It's a big beginning, because now we are catching the next generation in the schools. When I was their age, I had nothing to read that had any relevance to my own environment.",
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                        "text": "“After a long while he sat upright with great effort, exhaled a sigh and reached for a clean sheet of lined paper, smoothing it out on the desk. He unscrewed the lid of his fountain pen, laid it perpendicular to his paper, and began to write. Often he compared his writing to white water. He had only to leap in to be dragged away on its rapids, thrown this way and that with his own will rendered impotent. While writing he found the words came from the muscles in his hands, the feel of the shaft of his pen, the locked joint of his elbow. the scratching noise of the nib marking paper and, underneath all that, some coordinating impulse in his guts. Certainly not from his mind.”",
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                        "text": "“It was time to begin making notes on how the search was going, the people he had met, the conversations he had had, his thoughts, his plans and tactics for an investigation that promised to be complex, The steps taken by someone in search of someone else, he thought, and the truth is, that although the process was only in its early stages, he already had a lot to say, If this were a novel, he murmured as he opened the notebook, the conversation with the lady in the ground-floor apartment would be a chapter in itself. He picked up a pen to begin but stopped halfway, his eyes caught the paper on which he had written down the addresses, there was something he hadn’t considered before the perfectly plausible hypothesis that the unknown woman, after she got divorced, had gone to live with her parents, the equally possible hypothesis that her husband had left the apartment, leaving the telephone in his name. If that was so, and bearing in mind that the street in question was near the Central Registry, the woman on the bus might well have been the same one. The inner dialogue seemed to want to start up again, It was, It wasn’t, It was, It wasn’t, but this time, Senhor José paid no heed to it and, bending over the notebook, he began to write the first words, Thus, I went into the building, went up the stairs to the second floor and listened at the door of the apartment where the unknown woman was born, then I heard a little baby crying, it could be her child I thought, and, at the same time, I heard a woman crooning to it softly, It must be her, later, I found out that it wasn’t.”",
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                        "text": "I began to write poetry when I was about four years old. In other words, I've always been writing poetry.",
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                        "text": "My favourite place was in The Congo. It's where I began to write songs and build myself as an adult.",
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