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title: "15 Famous Writer Quotes by 14 authors"
description: "Browse 15 Famous Writer quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Famous Writer sayings and thoughts."
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> [Being a famous writer is a little like being a tall dwarf. You're on the edge of normality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-updike/being-a-famous-writer-is-a-little-like-being-a-tall-dwarf-you-re-on/)

[John Updike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-updike/)

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> [I've enjoyed being a famous writer-except that every once in a while you have to write something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-kesey/i-ve-enjoyed-being-a-famous-writer-except-that-every-once-in-a-while/)

[Ken Kesey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-kesey/)

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> [A famous writer who wants to continue writing has to be constantly defending himself against fame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/a-famous-writer-who-wants-to-continue-writing-has-to-be-constantly/)

[Gabriel Garcia Marquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/)

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> [I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-k-rowling-2/i-imagined-being-a-famous-writer-would-be-like-being-like-jane-austen/)

[J. K. Rowling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-k-rowling-2/)

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> [My father, Inder Raj Anand - a famous writer in his own right - was a great friend of Satyajit Ray.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tinnu-anand/my-father-inder-raj-anand-a-famous-writer-in-his-own-right-was-a/)

[Tinnu Anand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tinnu-anand/)

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> [“To put an arrogant 'famous' writer in his place: pretend to be illiterate.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mokokoma-mokhonoana/to-put-an-arrogant-famous-writer-in-his-place-pretend-to-be-illiterate/)

[Mokokoma Mokhonoana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mokokoma-mokhonoana/)

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> [Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It's not really any very heady fame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-carey/being-famous-as-a-writer-is-like-being-famous-in-a-village-it-s-not/)

[Peter Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-carey/)

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> [I would want to travel the world and write about it. To be a famous writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shantel-vansanten/i-would-want-to-travel-the-world-and-write-about-it-to-be-a-famous/)

[Shantel VanSanten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shantel-vansanten/)

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> [Henry Miller is a famous writer whose work has fallen out of fashion, but I strongly recommend that readers who don't know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/henry-miller-is-a-famous-writer-whose-work-has-fallen-out-of-fashion/)

[Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/)

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> [If you could have a famous writer, dead or alive, write an obituary for you and really puff you up to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/padgett-powell/if-you-could-have-a-famous-writer-dead-or-alive-write-an-obituary-for/)

[Padgett Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/padgett-powell/)

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> [SURE-FIRE SINGLES AD: Famous Writer needs woman to organize his life and spend his money. Loves to turn off Sunday football and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bob-briggs/sure-fire-singles-ad-famous-writer-needs-woman-to-organize-his-life/)

[Joe Bob Briggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bob-briggs/)

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> [Maybe it goes without saying that if you want to become a famous writer before you’re dead, you’ll have to write something.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ariel-gore/maybe-it-goes-without-saying-that-if-you-want-to-become-a-famous/)

[Ariel Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ariel-gore/)

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> [The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous. You know,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-k-rowling-2/the-fame-thing-is-interesting-because-i-never-wanted-to-be-famous-and-3/)

[J. K. Rowling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-k-rowling-2/)

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> [“Why shouldn’t I? I demand silently. Why shouldn’t I become a famous writer? Like Norman Mailer. Or Philip Roth. And F. Scott…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candace-bushnell/why-shouldn-t-i-i-demand-silently-why-shouldn-t-i-become-a-famous/)

[Candace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candace-bushnell/)

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> [“The only difference between me and a famous writer is that I do not want to be famous.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/santosh-kalwar/the-only-difference-between-me-and-a-famous-writer-is-that-i-do-not/)

[Santosh Kalwar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/santosh-kalwar/)

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