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title: "Best People Writing Quotes"
description: "Browse 45 People Writing quotes by 43 authors. Discover the best People Writing sayings and thoughts."
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> [I don't read reviews any more, but I'm told by my publisher who gives me an account of what people have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/i-don-t-read-reviews-any-more-but-i-m-told-by-my-publisher-who-gives/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49d/paul-auster-351_accounts_i-don-t-read-reviews-any-more-but-i-m-to_2473372.jpg)

> [A lot of people are writing poems and don't realize it. They have this limited idea of how the poem should sound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthea-harvey/a-lot-of-people-are-writing-poems-and-don-t-realize-it-they-have-this/)

[Matthea Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthea-harvey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df9/matthea-harvey-10757_addresses_a-lot-of-people-are-writing-poems-and-do_551293.jpg)

> [There was a lot of people writing me off, probably because you don't know me, because I don't run my mouth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jared-cannonier/there-was-a-lot-of-people-writing-me-off-probably-because-you-don-t/)

[Jared Cannonier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jared-cannonier/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cef/jared-cannonier-6014_me_there-was-a-lot-of-people-writing-me-off_1191616.jpg)

> [I seem to have a natural tendency to want to share my own observations and feelings with other people, and writing seems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-spinelli/i-seem-to-have-a-natural-tendency-to-want-to-share-my-own/)

[Jerry Spinelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-spinelli/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/131/jerry-spinelli-1413_feelings_i-seem-to-have-a-natural-tendency-to-wan_2793799.png)

> [The books people are writing today, they're too long. You get a little bit of plot, and then pages and pages of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/the-books-people-are-writing-today-they-re-too-long-you-get-a-little/)

[Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44c/douglas-adams-122_bits_the-books-people-are-writing-today-they_848215.png)

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