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title: "18 Idea Writing Quotes by 18 authors"
description: "Browse 18 Idea Writing quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Idea Writing sayings and thoughts."
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> [It was my fifth grade teacher who introduced the idea that writing could be more than a hobby for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-destefano/it-was-my-fifth-grade-teacher-who-introduced-the-idea-that-writing/)

[Lauren DeStefano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-destefano/)

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> [“I have this idea that writing is all about divergent thinking colliding with a hurricane of emotions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-ys-perez/i-have-this-idea-that-writing-is-all-about-divergent-thinking/)

[R. YS Perez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-ys-perez/)

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> [I am not a politics wonk. I like the idea of my writing reflecting more about who I am or other people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-morgan/i-am-not-a-politics-wonk-i-like-the-idea-of-my-writing-reflecting/)

[Peter Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-morgan/)

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> [I haven't always been a writer and I suppose I tiptoed around the idea of writing full time, because it's so isolating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisha-pessl/i-haven-t-always-been-a-writer-and-i-suppose-i-tiptoed-around-the/)

[Marisha Pessl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisha-pessl/)

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> [What I'm after is something different than supplying people with the idea that I'm writing an important play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/what-i-m-after-is-something-different-than-supplying-people-with-the/)

[Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/)

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> [I just loved the idea of writing for different personalities all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-droga/i-just-loved-the-idea-of-writing-for-different-personalities-all-the/)

[David Droga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-droga/)

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> [I wanted to be a writer, but the idea of writing novels or movies seemed really intimidating. I never got more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-busiek/i-wanted-to-be-a-writer-but-the-idea-of-writing-novels-or-movies/)

[Kurt Busiek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-busiek/)

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> [I have been tossing around the idea of writing some non-fiction. Maybe a collection of short stories about my experience being a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-peterman/i-have-been-tossing-around-the-idea-of-writing-some-non-fiction-maybe/)

[Melissa Peterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-peterman/)

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> [The idea of me writing something that I'd get to be in as well was not what I saw coming. I do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-foster/the-idea-of-me-writing-something-that-i-d-get-to-be-in-as-well-was/)

[Erin Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-foster/)

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> [Many times, what people call 'writer's block' is the confusion that happens when a writer has a great idea, but their writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pearl-cleage/many-times-what-people-call-writer-s-block-is-the-confusion-that/)

[Pearl Cleage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pearl-cleage/)

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> [“My least favorite received idea about writing is that one must find one's voice, as if it's there inside you, ready to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-manguso/my-least-favorite-received-idea-about-writing-is-that-one-must-find/)

[Sarah Manguso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-manguso/)

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> [I have no idea! I have been writing for 35 years and from the beginning up to now the situation's almost the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-have-no-idea-i-have-been-writing-for-35-years-and-from-the/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [People often refer to a creative ability as a 'gift', and, of course, it is, in that, if I had sat down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-s-crisp/people-often-refer-to-a-creative-ability-as-a-gift-and-of-course-it/)

[Quentin S. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-s-crisp/)

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> [I think that the idea that I'm writing for many more people than I ever imagined has created a certain general responsibility…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/i-think-that-the-idea-that-i-m-writing-for-many-more-people-than-i/)

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

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> [A lot of my close friends had tolerantly washed their hands of the whole idea of me writing a book. They had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chad-harbach/a-lot-of-my-close-friends-had-tolerantly-washed-their-hands-of-the/)

[Chad Harbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chad-harbach/)

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> [You know you're ready to write a book when you have a feeling that you should do it, no matter what anybody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-kawasaki/you-know-you-re-ready-to-write-a-book-when-you-have-a-feeling-that/)

[Guy Kawasaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-kawasaki/)

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> [I've tried over the years all kinds of ways of going about writing and even just thinking about the idea of writing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-wagner/i-ve-tried-over-the-years-all-kinds-of-ways-of-going-about-writing/)

[Kurt Wagner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-wagner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b67/kurt-wagner-41824_all-kinds_i-ve-tried-over-the-years-all-kinds-of-w_1484396.jpg)

> [The idea of writing, to me, was, from the beginning, was writing something which was a little different from the ordinary exchange…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-s-merwin/the-idea-of-writing-to-me-was-from-the-beginning-was-writing/)

[W. S. Merwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-s-merwin/)

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