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title: "5 Learned Separate Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [Writing, in any sense that matters, cannot be taught. It can only be learned by each separate one of us in his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-anne-porter/writing-in-any-sense-that-matters-cannot-be-taught-it-can-only-be/)

[Katherine Anne Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-anne-porter/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8e/katherine-anne-porter-2653_ability_writing-in-any-sense-that-matters-cannot_402344.jpg)

> [I learned to separate the story from the writing, probably the most important thing that any storyteller has to learn-that there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/i-learned-to-separate-the-story-from-the-writing-probably-the-most/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39c/orson-scott-card-134_first-time_i-learned-to-separate-the-story-from-the_457458.png)

> [We learned to separate, and accept the fact that my mother is gone, yet there she is on TV, on a billboard,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-hepburn-ferrer/we-learned-to-separate-and-accept-the-fact-that-my-mother-is-gone-yet/)

[Sean Hepburn Ferrer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-hepburn-ferrer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ee/sean-hepburn-ferrer-8381_accept_we-learned-to-separate-and-accept-the-fa_585930.jpg)

> [“Somewhere in my past, I learned that if you separate yourself, you don't get hurt. Pain can be avoided.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adriana-trigiani/somewhere-in-my-past-i-learned-that-if-you-separate-yourself-you-don/)

[Adriana Trigiani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adriana-trigiani/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e4/adriana-trigiani-1792_hurt-pain_somewhere-in-my-past-i-learned-that-if-y_628183.png)

> [I learned to not separate writing, shooting, and editing, it's all sort of one big mess of creative output.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lowery/i-learned-to-not-separate-writing-shooting-and-editing-it-s-all-sort/)

[David Lowery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lowery/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37b/david-lowery-5497_big_i-learned-to-not-separate-writing-shooti_2055776.jpg)

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