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title: "37 Feel Writing Quotes by 36 authors"
description: "Browse 37 Feel Writing quotes by 36 authors. Discover the best Feel Writing sayings and thoughts."
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> [“To ask how I feel about writing is to ask how I feel about breathing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shakirah-bourne/to-ask-how-i-feel-about-writing-is-to-ask-how-i-feel-about-breathing/)

[Shakirah Bourne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shakirah-bourne/)

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> [“I increasingly feel that my writing creates me...I am the invention of my own words~ ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ledo-ivo/i-increasingly-feel-that-my-writing-creates-me-i-am-the-invention-of/)

[Ledo Ivo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ledo-ivo/)

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> [I have to feel what I'm writing, right down to the core.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-erikson/i-have-to-feel-what-i-m-writing-right-down-to-the-core/)

[Steven Erikson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-erikson/)

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> [I really don't feel that writing is therapy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-gilmore/i-really-don-t-feel-that-writing-is-therapy/)

[Jennifer Gilmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-gilmore/)

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> [I feel that by writing I am doing what is far more necessary than anything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/i-feel-that-by-writing-i-am-doing-what-is-far-more-necessary-than/)

[Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/)

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> [I feel that if you made your writing too contrived to meet the market, it wouldn't be any good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cathy-marie-buchanan/i-feel-that-if-you-made-your-writing-too-contrived-to-meet-the-market/)

[Cathy Marie Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cathy-marie-buchanan/)

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> [What I really care about is writing... Some people feel about touring the way I feel about writing, which is, 'Whoa, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frankie-cosmos/what-i-really-care-about-is-writing-some-people-feel-about-touring/)

[Frankie Cosmos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frankie-cosmos/)

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> [There are writers I return to no matter what I'm working on, writers like the South African J.M. Coetzee. He has an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laila-lalami/there-are-writers-i-return-to-no-matter-what-i-m-working-on-writers/)

[Laila Lalami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laila-lalami/)

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> [If I were a writer and not a singer in 10 years, I don't know how I'd feel about writing really personal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adele/if-i-were-a-writer-and-not-a-singer-in-10-years-i-don-t-know-how-i-d/)

[Adele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adele/)

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> [I'm always amazed by writers who tell me they plan everything at the beginning. I feel their writing days must be very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-tremain/i-m-always-amazed-by-writers-who-tell-me-they-plan-everything-at-the/)

[Rose Tremain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-tremain/)

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> [I feel that if I'm writing a book, it has to be an honest book: it has to say what I believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penny-junor/i-feel-that-if-i-m-writing-a-book-it-has-to-be-an-honest-book-it-has/)

[Penny Junor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penny-junor/)

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> [It's inevitable that if you write an album or a song, obviously it's going to come from how you feel. You're writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicola-roberts/it-s-inevitable-that-if-you-write-an-album-or-a-song-obviously-it-s/)

[Nicola Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicola-roberts/)

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> [What you feel when you're writing is the relief of thinking: if you write the sentence correctly, you're clarifying. If you write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vivian-gornick/what-you-feel-when-you-re-writing-is-the-relief-of-thinking-if-you/)

[Vivian Gornick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vivian-gornick/)

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> [I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain top, but like child stringing beads in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-ueland/i-learned-that-you-should-feel-when-writing-not-like-lord-byron-on-a/)

[Brenda Ueland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-ueland/)

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> [I always feel that I am writing for somebody who is bright but impatient. Someone who doesn't have unlimited time. That is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-de-botton/i-always-feel-that-i-am-writing-for-somebody-who-is-bright-but/)

[Alain de Botton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-de-botton/)

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> [“For me, writing is about expression. About feeling something. So many of us feel trapped within our own heads, unable to tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-a-bullen/for-me-writing-is-about-expression-about-feeling-something-so-many-of/)

[J.A. Bullen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-a-bullen/)

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> [I have that sort of Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David/George Costanza thing where people are like, "How did you feel writing such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-toltz/i-have-that-sort-of-curb-your-enthusiasm-larry-david-george-costanza/)

[Steve Toltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-toltz/)

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> [“If you don't feel you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/if-you-don-t-feel-you-are-possibly-on-the-edge-of-humiliating/)

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

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> [“Your job as a writer is to say as truthfully as you can what you see and how you feel. Writing is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danelle-morton/your-job-as-a-writer-is-to-say-as-truthfully-as-you-can-what-you-see/)

[Danelle Morton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danelle-morton/)

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> [I feel very much a part of what I'm writing about, and I'm writing about things that concern me on a daily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/i-feel-very-much-a-part-of-what-i-m-writing-about-and-i-m-writing/)

[Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/)

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> [When I write, I feel that I'm writing with my intellect. When I paint, I think it's some other force making me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orhan-pamuk/when-i-write-i-feel-that-i-m-writing-with-my-intellect-when-i-paint-i/)

[Orhan Pamuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orhan-pamuk/)

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> [I'm definitely feeling whatever's going on pretty hard. It's like playing Barbies. You're holding the Barbies, but all of the action is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-kazan/i-m-definitely-feeling-whatever-s-going-on-pretty-hard-it-s-like/)

[Zoe Kazan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-kazan/)

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> [“It proves that one's life is not confined to one's body and what one says or does; one is living all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/it-proves-that-one-s-life-is-not-confined-to-one-s-body-and-what-one/)

[Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/)

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> [I feel with writing, so much of the time, I don't know how to tap in and be spontaneous and alive on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-baker/i-feel-with-writing-so-much-of-the-time-i-don-t-know-how-to-tap-in/)

[Annie Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-baker/)

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> [I believe that if a child has a feel for writing and wants to write, there is an audience. Children should just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-craighead-george/i-believe-that-if-a-child-has-a-feel-for-writing-and-wants-to-write/)

[Jean Craighead George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-craighead-george/)

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> [Everybody wants to feel that you're writing to a certain demographic because that's good business, but I've never done that ... I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/everybody-wants-to-feel-that-you-re-writing-to-a-certain-demographic/)

[Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/)

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> [I never feel more myself than when I’m writing; I never enjoy any day more than a good writing day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-minghella/i-never-feel-more-myself-than-when-i-m-writing-i-never-enjoy-any-day/)

[Anthony Minghella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-minghella/)

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> [There's no better satisfaction than writing. I feel that writing is the best and everything else comes with it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-marshall/there-s-no-better-satisfaction-than-writing-i-feel-that-writing-is/)

[Garry Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-marshall/)

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> [I write in longhand. I am accustomed to that proximity, that feel of writing. Then I sit down and type.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-salter/i-write-in-longhand-i-am-accustomed-to-that-proximity-that-feel-of/)

[James Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-salter/)

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> [I didn't feel up to writing about 9/11. If I were to write about it, it would take me years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/i-didn-t-feel-up-to-writing-about-9-11-if-i-were-to-write-about-it-it/)

[Richard Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-ford/)

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> [I think there's a kind of confidence I often feel when I'm writing that I don't feel when I'm in the world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-russell/i-think-there-s-a-kind-of-confidence-i-often-feel-when-i-m-writing/)

[Karen Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-russell/)

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> [Everything I've written has been personal and touched on things that I needed to deal with in my personal life. So I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gina-prince-bythewood/everything-i-ve-written-has-been-personal-and-touched-on-things-that/)

[Gina Prince-Bythewood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gina-prince-bythewood/)

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> [When I feel that something I'm writing is going well, everything in my life is good and the things in my life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-sorkin/when-i-feel-that-something-i-m-writing-is-going-well-everything-in-my/)

[Aaron Sorkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-sorkin/)

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> [I had wanted for so many years to feel that writing really was at the center of my life, not something I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-hawthorne-deming/i-had-wanted-for-so-many-years-to-feel-that-writing-really-was-at-the/)

[Alison Hawthorne Deming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-hawthorne-deming/)

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> [I spent many years of my life as an economist and demographer. I was finally distracted by writing my novels and poetry.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/i-spent-many-years-of-my-life-as-an-economist-and-demographer-i-was/)

[Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/)

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> [There are some people who come to me for some illumination on their problems. I guess they feel I'm writing about some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-cohen/there-are-some-people-who-come-to-me-for-some-illumination-on-their/)

[Leonard Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-cohen/)

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> [And it's just anathema to being a writer. It's not healthy. But in another way, when I'm writing, what it's about for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/and-it-s-just-anathema-to-being-a-writer-it-s-not-healthy-but-in/)

[Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/)

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                        "text": "“It proves that one's life is not confined to one's body and what one says or does; one is living all the time in relation to certain background rods or conceptions. Mine is that there is a pattern hid behind the cotton wool. And this conception affects me every day. I prove this, now, by spending the morning writing, when I might be walking, running a shop, or learning to do something that will be useful if war comes. I feel that by writing I am doing what is far more necessary than anything else.”",
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                        "text": "Everybody wants to feel that you're writing to a certain demographic because that's good business, but I've never done that ... I tried to write stories that would interest me. I'd say, what would I like to read?... I don't think you can do your best work if you're writing for somebody else, because you never know what that somebody else really thinks or wants.",
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                        "text": "When I feel that something I'm writing is going well, everything in my life is good and the things in my life that aren't good are completely manageable. If it's not going well, Miss America could be standing there in a swimsuit handing me a nobel price and I wouldn't be happy about it",
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