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title: "6 Lonely Work Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [writing, like living, is lonely work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-willis-howard/writing-like-living-is-lonely-work/)

[Blanche Willis Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-willis-howard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/702/blanche-willis-howard-53490_life_writing-like-living-is-lonely-work-18273_18273.jpg)

> [It's kind of a lonely work, because you just have to keep your pole in the water. I always had a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/it-s-kind-of-a-lonely-work-because-you-just-have-to-keep-your-pole-in/)

[Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8e/tom-petty-2030_always_it-s-kind-of-a-lonely-work-because-you-j_752497.png)

> [The writer labors in isolation, yet all that intensive, lonely work is in the service of communicating, is an attempt to reach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betsy-lerner/the-writer-labors-in-isolation-yet-all-that-intensive-lonely-work-is/)

[Betsy Lerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betsy-lerner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/414/betsy-lerner-21752_communicate_the-writer-labors-in-isolation-yet-all-t_816665.png)

> [Of course I'd like someone in my life. And of course, when I go home in the evening, I wish there was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prabhu-deva/of-course-i-d-like-someone-in-my-life-and-of-course-when-i-go-home-in/)

[Prabhu Deva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prabhu-deva/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24b/prabhu-deva-5966_home_of-course-i-d-like-someone-in-my-life-an_1165852.jpg)

> [“Changing any organization for the benefit of the customer is difficult and often lonely work.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-hurst/changing-any-organization-for-the-benefit-of-the-customer-is/)

[Mark Hurst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-hurst/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/248/mark-hurst-58263_quote_changing-any-organization-for-the-benefi_1182825.jpg)

> [For every finish-line tape a runner breaks -- complete with the cheers of the crowd and the clicking of hundreds of cameras…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grete-waitz/for-every-finish-line-tape-a-runner-breaks-complete-with-the-cheers/)

[Grete Waitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grete-waitz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aab/grete-waitz-17018_break_for-every-finish-line-tape-a-runner-brea_1754378.jpg)

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