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> [I know some writers are meticulous planners, but I'm not one of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gail-honeyman/i-know-some-writers-are-meticulous-planners-but-i-m-not-one-of-them/)

[Gail Honeyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gail-honeyman/)

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> [Growing up, I didn't know any writers and felt somewhat isolated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/growing-up-i-didn-t-know-any-writers-and-felt-somewhat-isolated/)

[Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-lu/)

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> [I didn't know writers could be real live people, because I never knew any writers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-dove/i-didn-t-know-writers-could-be-real-live-people-because-i-never-knew/)

[Rita Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-dove/)

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> [You just don't know writers. They'll use anything, anybody. They'll eat their young.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-potter/you-just-don-t-know-writers-they-ll-use-anything-anybody-they-ll-eat/)

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

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> [I know some writers can write on the road, but I'm not one of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/i-know-some-writers-can-write-on-the-road-but-i-m-not-one-of-them/)

[George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/)

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> [I know writers, and they seem to be the most disgruntled part of the art world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-pryce/i-know-writers-and-they-seem-to-be-the-most-disgruntled-part-of-the/)

[Jonathan Pryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-pryce/)

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> [I know of a few writers who are husband and wife teams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-day/i-know-of-a-few-writers-who-are-husband-and-wife-teams/)

[Sylvia Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-day/)

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> [I know some writers that have a million novel ideas, but I don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-van-den-berg/i-know-some-writers-that-have-a-million-novel-ideas-but-i-don-t/)

[Laura van den Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-van-den-berg/)

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> [ I don't know how it is with other writers, but most of the time when I finish \[reading\] a story or novel,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-paul-wilson/i-don-t-know-how-it-is-with-other-writers-but-most-of-the-time-when-i/)

[F. Paul Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-paul-wilson/)

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> [I didn't know anything about writers. It never occurred to me they were regular people and that I could grow up to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judy-blume/i-didn-t-know-anything-about-writers-it-never-occurred-to-me-they/)

[Judy Blume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judy-blume/)

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> [I knew I wanted to be a writer. Where I came from, no one was a writer. I came from Long Island,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-gordon/i-knew-i-wanted-to-be-a-writer-where-i-came-from-no-one-was-a-writer/)

[Howard Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-gordon/)

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> [Early publication can be a dubious blessing: we all know writers who would give anything not to have published their first book,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-carol-oates/early-publication-can-be-a-dubious-blessing-we-all-know-writers-who/)

[Joyce Carol Oates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-carol-oates/)

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> [I'm not fundamentally a writer. I know writers, and I have a tremendous amount of respect for them. It bothers me that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-maron/i-m-not-fundamentally-a-writer-i-know-writers-and-i-have-a-tremendous/)

[Marc Maron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-maron/)

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> [I know so many writers who are a hundred times better than me and have longer, greater ideas than mine, but they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/i-know-so-many-writers-who-are-a-hundred-times-better-than-me-and/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [“There’s nothing I need or want to know from the writers I admire that isn’t in their books. It’s better to read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/there-s-nothing-i-need-or-want-to-know-from-the-writers-i-admire-that/)

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

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> [You know, all writers are vampires and they'll look around and they watch you when you're not even thinking they're watching you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gandolfini/you-know-all-writers-are-vampires-and-they-ll-look-around-and-they/)

[James Gandolfini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gandolfini/)

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> [I don't know about other writers, but for myself, to write I must be relatively quiet - it's very difficult to write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-charles/i-don-t-know-about-other-writers-but-for-myself-to-write-i-must-be/)

[Ray Charles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-charles/)

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> [A lot of directors keep writers away because the writers know the script better than anybody, obviously they do, and they have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-ficarra/a-lot-of-directors-keep-writers-away-because-the-writers-know-the/)

[Glenn Ficarra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-ficarra/)

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> [My father probably taught me everything I know, aside from dialogue, which I think I get from my mom a lot more.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buffalo-mailer/my-father-probably-taught-me-everything-i-know-aside-from-dialogue/)

[John Buffalo Mailer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-buffalo-mailer/)

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> [“I know why writers write- they write to untangle the knots in their hearts.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-frances-schwartz/i-know-why-writers-write-they-write-to-untangle-the-knots-in-their/)

[Virginia Frances Schwartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-frances-schwartz/)

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> [“I know writers who use subtext, and they're all cowards.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-marenghi/i-know-writers-who-use-subtext-and-they-re-all-cowards/)

[Garth Marenghi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-marenghi/)

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> [I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I polish - occasionally I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-know-many-writers-who-first-dictate-passages-then-polish-what-they/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [You know how writers are... they create themselves as they create their work. Or perhaps they create their work in order to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/you-know-how-writers-are-they-create-themselves-as-they-create-their/)

[Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/)

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> [If you want to know why all writers are a little crazy read 'The Midnight Disease' by Alice W. Flaherty. She talks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-benton-frank/if-you-want-to-know-why-all-writers-are-a-little-crazy-read-the/)

[Dorothea Benton Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-benton-frank/)

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> [I know very few writers who outline fully before they start. It just doesn't seem possible to do, because so many things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-perrotta/i-know-very-few-writers-who-outline-fully-before-they-start-it-just/)

[Tom Perrotta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-perrotta/)

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