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title: "19 Imagine Writing Quotes by 18 authors"
description: "Browse 19 Imagine Writing quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Imagine Writing sayings and thoughts."
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> [You know, I can't imagine 9 to 5 writing. That takes some stamina.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brit-marling/you-know-i-can-t-imagine-9-to-5-writing-that-takes-some-stamina/)

[Brit Marling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brit-marling/)

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> [I write because I can't imagine not writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/i-write-because-i-can-t-imagine-not-writing/)

[Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/)

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> [You know, I can imagine not writing a novel and writing poetry only.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/you-know-i-can-imagine-not-writing-a-novel-and-writing-poetry-only/)

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

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> [Yes, writing is not easy. But can any writer imagine NOT writing?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/yes-writing-is-not-easy-but-can-any-writer-imagine-not-writing/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

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> [I'm always looking for the potential mystery in everything; I can't imagine writing about anything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tana-french/i-m-always-looking-for-the-potential-mystery-in-everything-i-can-t/)

[Tana French](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tana-french/)

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> [Personally, it's changed my game - it's how I think now. Can't imagine writing more than a paragraph in anything that doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merlin-mann/personally-it-s-changed-my-game-it-s-how-i-think-now-can-t-imagine/)

[Merlin Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merlin-mann/)

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> [I can't imagine writing if I didn't have a reader. Any more than an actor can imagine acting without an audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-didion/i-can-t-imagine-writing-if-i-didn-t-have-a-reader-any-more-than-an/)

[Joan Didion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-didion/)

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> [I can't even imagine writing nonfiction by hand. I think if I didn't have a computer, I just couldn't do it. Maybe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/i-can-t-even-imagine-writing-nonfiction-by-hand-i-think-if-i-didn-t/)

[Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/)

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> [“I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was, too. But better far write twaddle or anything, anything, than nothing at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-mansfield/i-imagine-i-was-always-writing-twaddle-it-was-too-but-better-far/)

[Katherine Mansfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-mansfield/)

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> [If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-n-wilson/if-you-imagine-writing-1-000-words-a-day-which-most-journalists-do-2/)

[A. N. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-n-wilson/)

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> [I can't imagine writing a book without some strong female characters, unless that was a demand of the setting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-can-t-imagine-writing-a-book-without-some-strong-female-characters/)

[William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/)

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> [I am 82 years old. I imagine that I will keep on writing as long as anyone wants to keep reading.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-hillerman/i-am-82-years-old-i-imagine-that-i-will-keep-on-writing-as-long-as/)

[Tony Hillerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-hillerman/)

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> [I would imagine that most of my writing is done spontaneously. I had no intention of writing, and then I'll just walk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrae-crouch/i-would-imagine-that-most-of-my-writing-is-done-spontaneously-i-had/)

[Andrae Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrae-crouch/)

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> [Imagine writing a poem with a sweating, worried-looking boy handing you a different pencil at the end of every word. My golf,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-updike/imagine-writing-a-poem-with-a-sweating-worried-looking-boy-handing/)

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

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> [“To imagine writing as absence seems to be a simple repetition, in transcendental terms, of both the religious principle of the inalterable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-foucault/to-imagine-writing-as-absence-seems-to-be-a-simple-repetition-in/)

[Michel Foucault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-foucault/)

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> [...imagine what you are writing about. See it and live it. Do not think it up laboriously, as if you were working…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-hughes/imagine-what-you-are-writing-about-see-it-and-live-it-do-not-think-it/)

[Ted Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-hughes/)

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> [If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-n-wilson/if-you-imagine-writing-1-000-words-a-day-which-most-journalists-do/)

[A. N. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-n-wilson/)

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> [When you are going through something that heavy, for me anyway, I couldn't imagine writing about anything else. I always tend to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-atkins/when-you-are-going-through-something-that-heavy-for-me-anyway-i/)

[Nicole Atkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-atkins/)

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> [It's such a pain in the ass to write a book, I can't imagine writing one if I'm not interested in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-lewis/it-s-such-a-pain-in-the-ass-to-write-a-book-i-can-t-imagine-writing/)

[Michael Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-lewis/)

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