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title: "5 Human Writing Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [Drawing is the first language of the human being before writing. It's a transcription of how the human being sees reality, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/drawing-is-the-first-language-of-the-human-being-before-writing-it-s/)

[Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/marjane-satrapi-1702_artist_drawing-is-the-first-language-of-the-hum_162272.jpg)

> [Language and written language are the only real way we have to see inside another person's thoughts and to know what makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-windley/language-and-written-language-are-the-only-real-way-we-have-to-see/)

[Carol Windley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-windley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/061/carol-windley-54500_access_language-and-written-language-are-the-on_722109.jpg)

> [The strangest thing that human speech and human writing can do is create a metaphor. That is an amazing leap, is it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-potter/the-strangest-thing-that-human-speech-and-human-writing-can-do-is/)

[Dennis Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-potter/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/145/dennis-potter-13787_communication_the-strangest-thing-that-human-speech-an_858855.png)

> [The goal is not writing. The goal is being a human being writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-b-longyear/the-goal-is-not-writing-the-goal-is-being-a-human-being-writing/)

[Barry B. Longyear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-b-longyear/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19b/barry-b-longyear-55228_goal_the-goal-is-not-writing-the-goal-is-bein_1773578.jpg)

> [The more I wrote, the more I became a human being. The writing may have seemed monstrous (to some) for it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/the-more-i-wrote-the-more-i-became-a-human-being-the-writing-may-have/)

[Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c8/henry-miller-179_human-beings_the-more-i-wrote-the-more-i-became-a-hum_2290449.jpg)

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