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title: "35 Believe Writer Quotes by 32 authors"
description: "Browse 35 Believe Writer quotes by 32 authors. Discover the best Believe Writer sayings and thoughts."
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> [I don't believe in writer's block.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabrielle-zevin/i-don-t-believe-in-writer-s-block/)

[Gabrielle Zevin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabrielle-zevin/)

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> [You have to believe in yourself before the world has given you any indication that you should believe in yourself as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dani-shapiro/you-have-to-believe-in-yourself-before-the-world-has-given-you-any/)

[Dani Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dani-shapiro/)

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> [I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-gaines/i-believe-that-the-writer-should-tell-a-story-i-believe-in-plot-i/)

[Ernest Gaines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-gaines/)

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> [Never believe anything a writer tells you about himself. A man comes to believe in the end the lies he tells himself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/never-believe-anything-a-writer-tells-you-about-himself-a-man-comes/)

[George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/)

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> [I don't believe in writer's block or waiting for inspiration. If you're a writer, you sit down and write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elmore-leonard/i-don-t-believe-in-writer-s-block-or-waiting-for-inspiration-if-you/)

[Elmore Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elmore-leonard/)

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> [I believe that a writer is a person who writes. An author is a person who has written.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-wesley-smith/i-believe-that-a-writer-is-a-person-who-writes-an-author-is-a-person/)

[Dean Wesley Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-wesley-smith/)

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> [I really believe that a writer is someone who has trained their mind to misbehave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-thor/i-really-believe-that-a-writer-is-someone-who-has-trained-their-mind/)

[Brad Thor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-thor/)

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> [I believe a writer's most important skill lies in being able to see things from different perspectives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/i-believe-a-writer-s-most-important-skill-lies-in-being-able-to-see/)

[Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/)

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> [“Never believe a writer. Listen to them, by all means, but never believe them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/never-believe-a-writer-listen-to-them-by-all-means-but-never-believe/)

[Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/)

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> [I really believe that if I were not a writer, not a creator, not an experimenter, I might have been a very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/i-really-believe-that-if-i-were-not-a-writer-not-a-creator-not-an-2/)

[Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/)

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> [I don't believe in writer's block. I don't know what that is. There are just certain little areas that I know I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elmore-leonard/i-don-t-believe-in-writer-s-block-i-don-t-know-what-that-is-there-are/)

[Elmore Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elmore-leonard/)

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> [I believe a writer is an eye, a pervasive eye that sees the reality that surrounds us, as well as the impression…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariela-griffor/i-believe-a-writer-is-an-eye-a-pervasive-eye-that-sees-the-reality/)

[Mariela Griffor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariela-griffor/)

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> [I don't let myself believe in writer's block. I feel very strongly writing is habit as much as an art or a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-roberts/i-don-t-let-myself-believe-in-writer-s-block-i-feel-very-strongly/)

[Nora Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-roberts/)

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> [I believe in the writer's mission. He receives it from the word, which carries its suffering and its hope within it. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmond-jab-s/i-believe-in-the-writer-s-mission-he-receives-it-from-the-word-which/)

[Edmond Jabes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmond-jab-s/)

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> [“I am nowhere near as brave as people believe me to be. As a writer, armed with words, I can do anything,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/i-am-nowhere-near-as-brave-as-people-believe-me-to-be-as-a-writer/)

[Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/)

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> [I don't believe in "writer's block". I try and deal with getting stuck by having more than one thing to work on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-don-t-believe-in-writer-s-block-i-try-and-deal-with-getting-stuck/)

[Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/)

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> [I do not believe that any writer has ever exposed this bovarysme, the human will to see things as they are not,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/i-do-not-believe-that-any-writer-has-ever-exposed-this-bovarysme-the/)

[T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/)

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> [I believe that a writer learns from every story he writes, and when you try different things, you learn different lessons. Working…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/i-believe-that-a-writer-learns-from-every-story-he-writes-and-when/)

[George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/)

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> [“I still believe in you, as a writer, but the only stuff we ever had in common doesn't travel very far." "What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving-author/i-still-believe-in-you-as-a-writer-but-the-only-stuff-we-ever-had-in/)

[John Irving (Author](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving-author/)

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> [I don't believe that a writer 'gets' (takes into the head) an 'idea' (some sort of mental object) 'from' somewhere, and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/i-don-t-believe-that-a-writer-gets-takes-into-the-head-an-idea-some/)

[Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-k-le-guin/)

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> [“By applying their observational abilities along with full appliance of their logic and creative powers, writers attempt to create mental maps to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kilroy-j-oldster/by-applying-their-observational-abilities-along-with-full-appliance/)

[Kilroy J. Oldster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kilroy-j-oldster/)

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> [“You can call it God or a conscience… but there is a knowing I feel that guides me toward better stories, toward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-miller/you-can-call-it-god-or-a-conscience-but-there-is-a-knowing-i-feel/)

[Donald Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-miller/)

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> [“People often ask me what advice I have for writers, and I reply that the most important responsibility I believe a writer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/people-often-ask-me-what-advice-i-have-for-writers-and-i-reply-that/)

[Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/)

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> [I believe that each writer must decide in which language he or she is most comfortable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wole-soyinka/i-believe-that-each-writer-must-decide-in-which-language-he-or-she-is/)

[Wole Soyinka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wole-soyinka/)

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> [“I don't believe in writer's block. If I can't write, I go out and live. Then, if I'm a writer, I'll find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-arpesella/i-don-t-believe-in-writer-s-block-if-i-can-t-write-i-go-out-and-live/)

[Peter Arpesella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-arpesella/)

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> [I'm not proselytizing my method. I don't believe that one writer should tell other writers how to write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/i-m-not-proselytizing-my-method-i-don-t-believe-that-one-writer/)

[John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/)

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> [I don't believe the writer should know too much where he's going. If he does, he runs into old man blueprint—old man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/i-don-t-believe-the-writer-should-know-too-much-where-he-s-going-if/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

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> [“I really believe that if I were not a writer, not a creator, not an experimenter, I might have been a very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/i-really-believe-that-if-i-were-not-a-writer-not-a-creator-not-an/)

[Anaïs Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/)

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> [I like to believe, as a writer, that anybody who isn't a reader yet has just not found the right book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabrielle-zevin/i-like-to-believe-as-a-writer-that-anybody-who-isn-t-a-reader-yet-has/)

[Gabrielle Zevin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabrielle-zevin/)

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> [I believe that every writer evolves with every successive novel. I view myself as work-in-progress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashwin-sanghi/i-believe-that-every-writer-evolves-with-every-successive-novel-i/)

[Ashwin Sanghi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashwin-sanghi/)

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> [I don't believe in writer's block. Most of writer's block is having too much time on your hands. My mantra is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/i-don-t-believe-in-writer-s-block-most-of-writer-s-block-is-having/)

[Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/)

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> [I believe that a writer has to tell what they think is the truth in a human experience. The truth of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-mosley/i-believe-that-a-writer-has-to-tell-what-they-think-is-the-truth-in-a/)

[Walter Mosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-mosley/)

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> [“I don't believe in writer's block. Who can function working seven days a week at at job. It's the same with writing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lillian-r-melendez/i-don-t-believe-in-writer-s-block-who-can-function-working-seven-days/)

[Lillian R. Melendez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lillian-r-melendez/)

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> [“All aspiring writers say these things: "I will not compromise and write a best seller!"—as if they could! There may be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/may-sarton/all-aspiring-writers-say-these-things-i-will-not-compromise-and-write/)

[May Sarton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/may-sarton/)

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> [“For the length of time it takes to write a book, you need to believe that you’re the only writer in existence;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-cosgrove/for-the-length-of-time-it-takes-to-write-a-book-you-need-to-believe/)

[Martin Cosgrove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-cosgrove/)

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                        "text": "“I still believe in you, as a writer, but the only stuff we ever had in common doesn't travel very far.\" \"What stuff is that?\" he'd asked her. \"We're completely at ease being naked in front of strangers and total fuckheads\", she'd told him. Maybe that's part of what being a writer entails, Danny Baciagalupo found himself thinking on that rainy spring night in Iowa city.”",
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