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title: "35 Important Writing Quotes by 32 authors"
description: "Browse 35 Important Writing quotes by 32 authors. Discover the best Important Writing sayings and thoughts."
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> [Music is an important part of my writing process.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-james/music-is-an-important-part-of-my-writing-process/)

[Peter James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-james/)

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> [Reading is more important than writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/reading-is-more-important-than-writing/)

[Roberto Bolano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-bola-o/)

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> [It's very hard to articulate the things that are important about writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-brien/it-s-very-hard-to-articulate-the-things-that-are-important-about/)

[Tim O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-brien/)

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> [A sense of place is very important in writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lashner/a-sense-of-place-is-very-important-in-writing/)

[William Lashner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-lashner/)

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> [Doing an experiment is not more important than writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-boring/doing-an-experiment-is-not-more-important-than-writing/)

[Edwin Boring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-boring/)

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> [From when I was a kid I wanted to write. It was so important to me that I was writing my own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emeli-sande/from-when-i-was-a-kid-i-wanted-to-write-it-was-so-important-to-me/)

[Emeli Sande](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emeli-sande/)

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> [Of course the playing is important but writing and the establishing of what you are going for is prime too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-summers/of-course-the-playing-is-important-but-writing-and-the-establishing/)

[Andy Summers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-summers/)

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> [For me as a person, friendships are incredibly important to me, but in writing, they can distract me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aimee-bender/for-me-as-a-person-friendships-are-incredibly-important-to-me-but-in/)

[Aimee Bender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aimee-bender/)

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> [It's like visual is super important to me. So if I am writing a song, like, I have to have the title.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-martinez/it-s-like-visual-is-super-important-to-me-so-if-i-am-writing-a-song/)

[Melanie Martinez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-martinez/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98d/melanie-martinez-2860_ifs_it-s-like-visual-is-super-important-to-m_2920083.jpg)

> [I felt like you can write forever, but you have a short time to raise a family. And I think a family…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-kesey/i-felt-like-you-can-write-forever-but-you-have-a-short-time-to-raise/)

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

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> [Not writing is as important as writing - go out into the world and remember how interesting it, and the people in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/not-writing-is-as-important-as-writing-go-out-into-the-world-and/)

[Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/)

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> [Places are extremely important when writing a long story because place shapes a character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tabitha-king/places-are-extremely-important-when-writing-a-long-story-because/)

[Tabitha King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tabitha-king/)

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> [Sometimes what I'm writing is more important to me than the rest of my life. It's more important to me that I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-newman/sometimes-what-i-m-writing-is-more-important-to-me-than-the-rest-of/)

[Randy Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-newman/)

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> [I guess I have an aversion to writing about big events and heroic actions. The everyday has always seemed most important to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-mccauley/i-guess-i-have-an-aversion-to-writing-about-big-events-and-heroic/)

[Stephen McCauley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-mccauley/)

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> [In prose, I think you sometimes have to write in very plain language, where every line may not seem to be so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-paley/in-prose-i-think-you-sometimes-have-to-write-in-very-plain-language/)

[Grace Paley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-paley/)

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> [Seemed to me important in writing about people to be able to describe the sexual transactions between them. It's - for many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-updike/seemed-to-me-important-in-writing-about-people-to-be-able-to-describe/)

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

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> [Putting down on paper what you have to say is an important part of writing, but the words and ideas have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/putting-down-on-paper-what-you-have-to-say-is-an-important-part-of/)

[Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/)

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> [One, something emotional has to be at stake. There has to be something important for me that I'm writing about. And then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/one-something-emotional-has-to-be-at-stake-there-has-to-be-something/)

[Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/)

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> [There is nothing more important than writing well for the young, if literature is to have a continuance ... They will inherit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-paton-walsh/there-is-nothing-more-important-than-writing-well-for-the-young-if/)

[Jill Paton Walsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-paton-walsh/)

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> [Fame, money and the size of the market are not very important to me. What is, is writing a book that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aidan-chambers/fame-money-and-the-size-of-the-market-are-not-very-important-to-me/)

[Aidan Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aidan-chambers/)

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> [“This is important to writing. . . that is, it is important to my own writing. This. . . is landscape! Mine.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-maclachlan/this-is-important-to-writing-that-is-it-is-important-to-my-own/)

[Patricia MacLachlan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-maclachlan/)

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> [Lester del Rey told me repeatedly that the first and most important part of writing fiction is just to think about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-brooks/lester-del-rey-told-me-repeatedly-that-the-first-and-most-important/)

[Terry Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-brooks/)

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> [The first thing you have to do is get immersed in the project, organizing yourself, knowing what you are going after and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-uris/the-first-thing-you-have-to-do-is-get-immersed-in-the-project-2/)

[Leon Uris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-uris/)

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> [Research to me is as important or more important than the writing. It is the foundation upon which the book is built](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-uris/research-to-me-is-as-important-or-more-important-than-the-writing-it/)

[Leon Uris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-uris/)

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> [The living together is very important in a way. It's important for writing. It wouldn't be important if we were like just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-winwood/the-living-together-is-very-important-in-a-way-it-s-important-for/)

[Steve Winwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-winwood/)

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> [I thought the message of the artist was more important than the writing style. I tried to be clear; I wanted everyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-hilburn/i-thought-the-message-of-the-artist-was-more-important-than-the/)

[Robert Hilburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-hilburn/)

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> [You should write, first of all, to please yourself. You shouldn't care a damn about anybody else at all. But writing can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doris-lessing/you-should-write-first-of-all-to-please-yourself-you-shouldn-t-care-a/)

[Doris Lessing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doris-lessing/)

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> [If anything in your life is more important than writing - anything at all - you should walk away now while you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-brooks/if-anything-in-your-life-is-more-important-than-writing-anything-at/)

[Terry Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-brooks/)

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> [A very important part of writing for children is appearing at book festivals, and in libraries and schools. An important part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-rosen/a-very-important-part-of-writing-for-children-is-appearing-at-book/)

[Michael Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-rosen/)

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> [Sometimes, what's not said is just as important to the writing as what is said. As a writer, we have our voices…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-edgerton/sometimes-what-s-not-said-is-just-as-important-to-the-writing-as-what/)

[Joel Edgerton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-edgerton/)

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> [It was very important to me when I was writing 'Teaches of Peaches' that I didn't mention I was going through a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peaches/it-was-very-important-to-me-when-i-was-writing-teaches-of-peaches/)

[Peaches](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peaches/)

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> [I suppose that there are endeavors in which self-confidence is even more important than it is in writing -- tightrope walking comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/calvin-trillin/i-suppose-that-there-are-endeavors-in-which-self-confidence-is-even/)

[Calvin Trillin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/calvin-trillin/)

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> [It's really important when we're writing our opinions to be transparent about what our decision method in the case is and how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-s-sykes/it-s-really-important-when-we-re-writing-our-opinions-to-be/)

[Diane S. Sykes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-s-sykes/)

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> [I really think that reading is just as important as writing when you're trying to be a writer because it's the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-really-think-that-reading-is-just-as-important-as-writing-when-you/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [More of my songs are intended to be funny than almost anyone else. Sometimes maybe it cheers me up a bit. I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-newman/more-of-my-songs-are-intended-to-be-funny-than-almost-anyone-else/)

[Randy Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-newman/)

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