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title: "3 Believed Writer Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [I've always believed that a writer has got to remain an outsider.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/i-ve-always-believed-that-a-writer-has-got-to-remain-an-outsider/)

[Colin Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-wilson/)

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> [I've always believed that a writer has got to remain an outsider. If I was offered anything like the Nobel Prize for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/i-ve-always-believed-that-a-writer-has-got-to-remain-an-outsider-if-i/)

[Colin Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-wilson/)

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> [I believed that if I was to call myself a writer, I should live on writing. If I could not live on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mavis-gallant/i-believed-that-if-i-was-to-call-myself-a-writer-i-should-live-on/)

[Mavis Gallant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mavis-gallant/)

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