--- title: "16 Man Writing Quotes by 15 authors" description: "Browse 16 Man Writing quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Man Writing sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a6/josephus-daniels-35489_air-power_good-god-this-man-should-be-writing-dime_2831936.jpg" --- > [Good God! This man should be writing dime novels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephus-daniels/good-god-this-man-should-be-writing-dime-novels/) [Josephus Daniels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephus-daniels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a6/josephus-daniels-35489_air-power_good-god-this-man-should-be-writing-dime_2831936.jpg) > [I am the same man writing the music. I haven't changed directions to suit anyone except me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-waite/i-am-the-same-man-writing-the-music-i-haven-t-changed-directions-to/) [John Waite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-waite/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b20/john-waite-7196_i-am_i-am-the-same-man-writing-the-music-i-ha_1035269.jpg) > [“Sir Francis Bacon wrote, “Reading maketh a full man … writing an exact man.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-ashcraft/sir-francis-bacon-wrote-reading-maketh-a-full-man-writing-an-exact-man/) [Mike Ashcraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-ashcraft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a6/mike-ashcraft-35575_sir-francis-bacon_sir-francis-bacon-wrote-reading-maketh-a_2347888.jpg) > [Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/reading-maketh-a-full-man-conference-a-ready-man-and-writing-an-exact/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efe/francis-bacon-297_reading_reading-maketh-a-full-man-conference-a-r_673544.jpg) > [I don’t think any man writing can worry about what the act of writing costs him, even though at times he is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-creeley/i-don-t-think-any-man-writing-can-worry-about-what-the-act-of-writing/) [Robert Creeley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-creeley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80f/robert-creeley-13644_cost_i-don-t-think-any-man-writing-can-worry_1435364.jpg) > [I ain't no author, man... my writing skills are not of 'New York Times' best-seller quality, trust and believe it ain't. My…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-harvey/i-ain-t-no-author-man-my-writing-skills-are-not-of-new-york-times/) [Steve Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-harvey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a4/steve-harvey-1668_believe_i-ain-t-no-author-man-my-writing-skills_156354.jpg) > [“The only excuse a man has for writing is that he express himself, that he reveal to others the kind of world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/remy-de-gourmont/the-only-excuse-a-man-has-for-writing-is-that-he-express-himself-that/) [Remy de Gourmont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/remy-de-gourmont/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa9/remy-de-gourmont-7554_writing_the-only-excuse-a-man-has-for-writing-is_1880114.jpg) > [“He is a bold man who, in his writing, dares to alter---even further to distort---what he has seen and heard.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/he-is-a-bold-man-who-in-his-writing-dares-to-alter-even-further-to/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7d/james-joyce-281_writing_he-is-a-bold-man-who-in-his-writing-dare_1262456.jpg) > [And here I am, instead of there. I'm sitting in this library, thousands of miles from my life, writing another letter I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-safran-foer/and-here-i-am-instead-of-there-i-m-sitting-in-this-library-thousands/) [Jonathan Safran Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-safran-foer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2d/jonathan-safran-foer-136_able_and-here-i-am-instead-of-there-i-m-sitti_2601152.jpg) > [Reading maketh a full man; and writing an axact man. And, therefore, if a man write little, he need have a present…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/reading-maketh-a-full-man-and-writing-an-axact-man-and-therefore-if-a/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/166/francis-bacon-297_cunning_reading-maketh-a-full-man-and-writing-an_1120231.jpg) > [A man writing a letter is a man in the act of thinking, and it was an exercise Reagan obviously enjoyed. After…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-baker/a-man-writing-a-letter-is-a-man-in-the-act-of-thinking-and-it-was-an/) [Russell Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-baker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/223/russell-baker-2930_actors_a-man-writing-a-letter-is-a-man-in-the-a_762293.png) > [I have known many an instance of a man writing a letter and forgetting to sign his name, but this is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/i-have-known-many-an-instance-of-a-man-writing-a-letter-and/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f9/henry-ward-beecher-175_forget_i-have-known-many-an-instance-of-a-man-w_764832.png) > [Nothing can injure a man's writing if he's a first-rate writer. If a man is not a first-rate writer, there's not anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/nothing-can-injure-a-man-s-writing-if-he-s-a-first-rate-writer-if-a/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ef/william-faulkner-306_doe_nothing-can-injure-a-man-s-writing-if-he_884152.png) > [“Man knows, and in the course of years he comes to know it increasingly well, feeling it ever more acutely, that memory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryszard-kapuscinski/man-knows-and-in-the-course-of-years-he-comes-to-know-it-increasingly/) [Ryszard Kapuściński](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryszard-kapuscinski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9a/ryszard-kapuscinski-4233_ball-player_man-knows-and-in-the-course-of-years-he_774094.jpg) > [“Only now, years after having read though the works of Shakespeare, Dickens, Scott, Poe, Balzac did he realise that even the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-stone/only-now-years-after-having-read-though-the-works-of-shakespeare/) [Irving Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/132/irving-stone-3288_art_only-now-years-after-having-read-though_836624.png) > [There's nothing to stop a man from writing unless that man stops himself. If a man truly desires to write, then he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/there-s-nothing-to-stop-a-man-from-writing-unless-that-man-stops/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dd/charles-bukowski-73_dams_there-s-nothing-to-stop-a-man-from-writi_1699813.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/man-writing/#itemlist", "name": "Man Writing Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Good God! 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