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title: "60 Like Writers Quotes by 55 authors"
description: "Browse 60 Like Writers quotes by 55 authors. Discover the best Like Writers sayings and thoughts."
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> [I have forgotten my rave reviews and memorized my vicious ones - like most writers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/i-have-forgotten-my-rave-reviews-and-memorized-my-vicious-ones-like/)

[Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/)

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> [I feel like if writers used writing as therapy we'd have a ton of happy writers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-gilmore/i-feel-like-if-writers-used-writing-as-therapy-we-d-have-a-ton-of/)

[Jennifer Gilmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-gilmore/)

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> [I don't like writers. They're dangerous people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greta-garbo/i-don-t-like-writers-they-re-dangerous-people/)

[Greta Garbo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greta-garbo/)

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> [I like very much to read novels. I like very much some writers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurizio-sarri/i-like-very-much-to-read-novels-i-like-very-much-some-writers/)

[Maurizio Sarri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurizio-sarri/)

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> [“Writers write like readers and read like writers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-hamilton/writers-write-like-readers-and-read-like-writers/)

[Laura Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-hamilton/)

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> [Most publishers, like most writers, are ruined by their successes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willa-cather/most-publishers-like-most-writers-are-ruined-by-their-successes/)

[Willa Cather](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willa-cather/)

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> [I very much like people. I don't much like writers who don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-shepard/i-very-much-like-people-i-don-t-much-like-writers-who-don-t/)

[Jim Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-shepard/)

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> [I did a lot of weird jobs, like most writers do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/celeste-ng/i-did-a-lot-of-weird-jobs-like-most-writers-do/)

[Celeste Ng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/celeste-ng/)

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> [I think that like all writers - and if any writer disagrees with this, then he is not a writer - I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guillermo-cabrera-infante/i-think-that-like-all-writers-and-if-any-writer-disagrees-with-this/)

[Guillermo Cabrera Infante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guillermo-cabrera-infante/)

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> [Like most writers I spend a lot of my time sort of thinking, "It's such agony, I can't do it."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-dyer/like-most-writers-i-spend-a-lot-of-my-time-sort-of-thinking-it-s-such/)

[Geoff Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-dyer/)

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> [I would very much like to be one of those writers who have something really clear in their head to say, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/italo-calvino/i-would-very-much-like-to-be-one-of-those-writers-who-have-something/)

[Italo Calvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/italo-calvino/)

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> [Like most writers, I write about what has happened to me as that involves the minimum amount of research.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-moffat/like-most-writers-i-write-about-what-has-happened-to-me-as-that/)

[Steven Moffat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-moffat/)

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> [Like most writers, I sit in a room and scribble a story and you don't have a connection with the people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-morpurgo/like-most-writers-i-sit-in-a-room-and-scribble-a-story-and-you-don-t/)

[Michael Morpurgo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-morpurgo/)

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> [I believe that, like most writers, my personality comes through in the fiction. So in that respect my writing can't be like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kane/i-believe-that-like-most-writers-my-personality-comes-through-in-the/)

[Paul Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-kane/)

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> [It's like when you get sick of your own cooking: I occasionally wish I could write something that didn't come out sounding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/it-s-like-when-you-get-sick-of-your-own-cooking-i-occasionally-wish-i/)

[Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/)

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> [Like many writers, I'm usually more interested in reading about authors than their actual works. We're more curious to know how they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hallgr-mur-helgason/like-many-writers-i-m-usually-more-interested-in-reading-about/)

[Hallgrimur Helgason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hallgr-mur-helgason/)

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> [I don't carry notebooks and I don't consciously store ideas. I try not to think that I am a writer and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/i-don-t-carry-notebooks-and-i-don-t-consciously-store-ideas-i-try-not/)

[Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/)

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> [I try to write like the writers I admire - I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-paisley/i-try-to-write-like-the-writers-i-admire-i-rip-them-off-in-form-it/)

[Brad Paisley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-paisley/)

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> [“I like writing that is restrained and invisible. I don't mean that I like things to be simple and easy to decode,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-u-pacat/i-like-writing-that-is-restrained-and-invisible-i-don-t-mean-that-i/)

[S.U. Pacat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-u-pacat/)

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> [I felt like I was building this world brick by brick with each layer of instrumentation I was doing. I could see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/washed-out/i-felt-like-i-was-building-this-world-brick-by-brick-with-each-layer/)

[Washed Out](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/washed-out/)

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> [“I think all artists struggle to represent the geometry of life in their own way, just like writers deal with archetypes. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-mosquera/i-think-all-artists-struggle-to-represent-the-geometry-of-life-in/)

[Henry Mosquera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-mosquera/)

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> [What makes me furious, not just because we're in an interview, but I don't like when writers take your words and put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erykah-badu/what-makes-me-furious-not-just-because-we-re-in-an-interview-but-i/)

[Erykah Badu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erykah-badu/)

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> [I feel like the writers that I'm drawn to, the writers that I really cling to, are the writers who seem to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/i-feel-like-the-writers-that-i-m-drawn-to-the-writers-that-i-really/)

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

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> [I always like it when writers posit writing as an act of empathy. It's such a grand turn of phrase, such a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumaan-alam/i-always-like-it-when-writers-posit-writing-as-an-act-of-empathy-it-s/)

[Rumaan Alam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumaan-alam/)

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> [“I like what I do. Some writers have said in print that they hated writing and it was just a chore and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/i-like-what-i-do-some-writers-have-said-in-print-that-they-hated/)

[Cormac Mccarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/)

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> [“I don’t like writers whose writing is so obvious that I can predict what he’ll write while I’m still taking in his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/i-don-t-like-writers-whose-writing-is-so-obvious-that-i-can-predict/)

[Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/)

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> [“When we think about how to move our students into deeper levels of reading, it is helpful to remember an expression that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-gallagher/when-we-think-about-how-to-move-our-students-into-deeper-levels-of/)

[Kelly Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-gallagher/)

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> [I like what I do. Some writers have said in print that they hated writing and it was just a chore and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/i-like-what-i-do-some-writers-have-said-in-print-that-they-hated-2/)

[Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/)

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> [ There’s a writer for you,” he said. “Knows everything and at the same time he knows nothing.” \[narrator\]It was my first inkling… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/there-s-a-writer-for-you-he-said-knows-everything-and-at-the-same/)

[F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/)

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> [“Those who would like to become writers attend courses on writing poetry and prose and analyze their own work and that of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dejan-stojanovic/those-who-would-like-to-become-writers-attend-courses-on-writing/)

[Dejan Stojanovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dejan-stojanovic/)

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> [..few writers like other writers' works. The only time they like them is when they are dead or if they have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/few-writers-like-other-writers-works-the-only-time-they-like-them-is/)

[Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/)

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> [“I know that, like many other writers, I have many faults, for I am the first to be dissatisfied with myself .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dostoyevsky-fyodor/i-know-that-like-many-other-writers-i-have-many-faults-for-i-am-the/)

[Dostoyevsky, Fyodor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dostoyevsky-fyodor/)

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> [“So you want to be a writer if it doesn’t come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don’t do it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/so-you-want-to-be-a-writer-if-it-doesn-t-come-bursting-out-of-you-in/)

[Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/)

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> [“EVERY WEDNESDAY, I teach an introductory fiction workshop at Harvard University, and on the first day of class I pass out a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-anthony-johnston/every-wednesday-i-teach-an-introductory-fiction-workshop-at-harvard/)

[Bret Anthony Johnston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-anthony-johnston/)

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> [Like most writers, I just create because I have a story to tell, really.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/like-most-writers-i-just-create-because-i-have-a-story-to-tell-really/)

[Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/)

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> [I never really like it when other writers talk about coming in behind people and rewriting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-gilroy/i-never-really-like-it-when-other-writers-talk-about-coming-in-behind/)

[Tony Gilroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-gilroy/)

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> [“Like so many writers - I need to keep my butt in the chair.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-gayle/like-so-many-writers-i-need-to-keep-my-butt-in-the-chair/)

[Tina Gayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-gayle/)

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> [Actors are like writers. They kind of use what's available, absorb it and make it their own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-bearse/actors-are-like-writers-they-kind-of-use-what-s-available-absorb-it/)

[Amanda Bearse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-bearse/)

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> [Like most writers I know, I love being on stage. I’ve sublimated the dramatic urge by teaching and by making people laugh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-du-plessix-gray/like-most-writers-i-know-i-love-being-on-stage-i-ve-sublimated-the/)

[Francine du Plessix Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-du-plessix-gray/)

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> [Just like writers can have a lot of different styles, so can readers. It's hard to pigeonhole book buyers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sampsell/just-like-writers-can-have-a-lot-of-different-styles-so-can-readers/)

[Kevin Sampsell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sampsell/)

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                        "text": "There’s a writer for you,” he said. “Knows everything and at the same time he knows nothing.” [narrator]It was my first inkling that he was a writer. And while I like writers—because if you ask a writer anything you usually get an answer—still it belittled him in my eyes. Writers aren’t people exactly. Or, if they’re any good, they’re a whole lot of people trying so hard to be one person. It’s like actors, who try so pathetically not to look in mirrors. Who lean backward trying—only to see their faces in the reflecting chandeliers.",
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                        "text": "“Those who would like to become writers attend courses on writing poetry and prose and analyze their own work and that of other writers in development. Teachers teach them that talent is not required and that anyone, who wants to be a writer, can do it if they only master the technique of writing and master the formulas of the genre that they choose. With a little brain storming ideas written on cards, as well as designs and plans on the table, one can even write a novel in a month. There is no secret; the whole secret is in the technique, a little research, and the rest is solved by form, according to a formula, in which it is all nicely wrapped up and packaged. And so, a bestseller is born.”",
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                        "text": "..few writers like other writers' works. The only time they like them is when they are dead or if they have been for a long time. Writers only like to sniff their own turds. I am one of those. I don't even like to talk to writers, look at them or worse, listen to them. And the worst is to drink with them, they slobber all over themselves, really look piteous, look like they are searching for the wing of the mother. I'd rather think about death than about other writers. Far more pleasant.",
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                        "text": "“So you want to be a writer if it doesn’t come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don’t do it. unless it comes unasked out of your heart and your mind and your mouth and your gut, don’t do it. if you have to sit for hours staring at your computer screen or hunched over your typewriter searching for words, don’t do it. if you’re doing it for money or fame, don’t do it. if you’re doing it because you want women in your bed, don’t do it. if you have to sit there and rewrite it again and again, don’t do it. if it’s hard work just thinking about doing it, don’t do it. if you’re trying to write like somebody else, forget about it. if you have to wait for it to roar out of you, then wait patiently. if it never does roar out of you, do something else. if you first have to read it to your wife or your girlfriend or your boyfriend or your parents or to anybody at all, you’re not ready. don’t be like so many writers, don’t be like so many thousands of people who call themselves writers, don’t be dull and boring and pretentious, don’t be consumed with self- love. the libraries of the world have yawned themselves to sleep over your kind. don’t add to that. don’t do it. unless it comes out of your soul like a rocket, unless being still would drive you to madness or suicide or murder, don’t do it. unless the sun inside you is burning your gut, don’t do it. when it is truly time, and if you have been chosen, it will do it by itself and it will keep on doing it until you die or it dies in you. there is no other way. and there never was.”",
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