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title: "30 Piece Writing Quotes by 30 authors"
description: "Browse 30 Piece Writing quotes by 30 authors. Discover the best Piece Writing sayings and thoughts."
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> [The most important quality any piece of writing can have is doneness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-barnes/the-most-important-quality-any-piece-of-writing-can-have-is-doneness/)

[Fred Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-barnes/)

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> [Each piece of writing I undertake, whether a story, novel, play, or poem, begins with an image.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lock/each-piece-of-writing-i-undertake-whether-a-story-novel-play-or-poem/)

[Norman Lock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lock/)

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> [“A piece of writing has to start somewhere, go somewhere, and sit down when it gets there.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcphee/a-piece-of-writing-has-to-start-somewhere-go-somewhere-and-sit-down/)

[John McPhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcphee/)

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> [A piece of writing is the product of a series of explosions in the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-gilchrist/a-piece-of-writing-is-the-product-of-a-series-of-explosions-in-the/)

[Ellen Gilchrist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-gilchrist/)

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> [I read a piece of writing and within a paragraph or two I know whether it is by a woman or not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-naipaul/i-read-a-piece-of-writing-and-within-a-paragraph-or-two-i-know/)

[V. S. Naipaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-naipaul/)

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> [No piece of writing is ever finished. It’s just due.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-condon/no-piece-of-writing-is-ever-finished-it-s-just-due/)

[Bill Condon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-condon/)

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> [A piece of writing is like a piece of magic. You create something out of nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-clarke/a-piece-of-writing-is-like-a-piece-of-magic-you-create-something-out/)

[Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-clarke/)

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> [A problem with a piece of writing often clarifies itself if you go for a long walk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-dunmore/a-problem-with-a-piece-of-writing-often-clarifies-itself-if-you-go/)

[Helen Dunmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-dunmore/)

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> [A student comes to me with a piece of writing, holds it out, says, 'Is this good?' A whole sequence of emergencies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-stafford/a-student-comes-to-me-with-a-piece-of-writing-holds-it-out-says-is/)

[William Stafford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-stafford/)

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> [“In my experience, cutting back is the crucial act that allows the vitality, precision and emotional heart of a piece of writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-erens/in-my-experience-cutting-back-is-the-crucial-act-that-allows-the/)

[Pamela Erens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-erens/)

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> [Just go outside and look at something and write it down and you'll find it is a very nice piece of writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-sandford/just-go-outside-and-look-at-something-and-write-it-down-and-you-ll/)

[John Sandford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-sandford/)

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> [A piece of writing is only worth doing if you're a different person at the end of the process than you were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-morton/a-piece-of-writing-is-only-worth-doing-if-you-re-a-different-person/)

[Brian Morton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-morton/)

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> [“A piece of writing is never good,” he told me. “There is simply a moment when it is less bad than before.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-l-dicker/a-piece-of-writing-is-never-good-he-told-me-there-is-simply-a-moment/)

[Joël Dicker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-l-dicker/)

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> [Work on a good piece of writing proceeds on three levels: a musical one, where it is composed; an architectural one, where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-benjamin/work-on-a-good-piece-of-writing-proceeds-on-three-levels-a-musical/)

[Walter Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-benjamin/)

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> [So, then, what is style? There are two chief aspects of any piece of writing: 1) what you say and 2) how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/so-then-what-is-style-there-are-two-chief-aspects-of-any-piece-of/)

[Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/)

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> [“My work is not a piece of writing designed to meet the needs of an immediate public, but was done to last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thucydides/my-work-is-not-a-piece-of-writing-designed-to-meet-the-needs-of-an/)

[Thucydides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thucydides/)

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> [From a writing point of view, you now have teams of screenwriters working with a director. What's lost in the process is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-eszterhas/from-a-writing-point-of-view-you-now-have-teams-of-screenwriters/)

[Joe Eszterhas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-eszterhas/)

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> [A particular piece of music attaches itself to the piece I'm writing, and there is nothing else I can listen to. Every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aleksandar-hemon/a-particular-piece-of-music-attaches-itself-to-the-piece-i-m-writing/)

[Aleksandar Hemon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aleksandar-hemon/)

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> [When you reach a place where you feel blocked, lower your standards and keep on going. There is no possible way to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bausch/when-you-reach-a-place-where-you-feel-blocked-lower-your-standards/)

[Richard Bausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bausch/)

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> [The minute you finish a piece of writing it doesn't belong to you, you don't write it any more, it belongs to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-tempest/the-minute-you-finish-a-piece-of-writing-it-doesn-t-belong-to-you-you/)

[Kate Tempest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-tempest/)

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> [One nice thing about putting the thing away for a couple of months before looking at it is that you start appreciate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-brust/one-nice-thing-about-putting-the-thing-away-for-a-couple-of-months/)

[Steven Brust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-brust/)

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> [Once a piece of writing gets to a moment where it's not going to get much better than it already is, marinate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-starkey/once-a-piece-of-writing-gets-to-a-moment-where-it-s-not-going-to-get/)

[David Starkey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-starkey/)

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> [The characters created cannot just be a mouthpiece for the writer. When you look at a piece of writing, and it's genuine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-spacey/the-characters-created-cannot-just-be-a-mouthpiece-for-the-writer/)

[Kevin Spacey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-spacey/)

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> [I like to be aware of a book as a piece of writing, and aware of its structure as a product of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-dillard/i-like-to-be-aware-of-a-book-as-a-piece-of-writing-and-aware-of-its/)

[Annie Dillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-dillard/)

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> [When I visit schools and talk to students about writing, I give them one word of advice and I give it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-l-konigsburg/when-i-visit-schools-and-talk-to-students-about-writing-i-give-them/)

[E. L. Konigsburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-l-konigsburg/)

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> [A piece of writing is a dangerous thing," he said. "It can change your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tobias-wolff/a-piece-of-writing-is-a-dangerous-thing-he-said-it-can-change-your/)

[Tobias Wolff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tobias-wolff/)

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> [A piece of writing takes exactly as long as it needs to be done right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norma-fox-mazer/a-piece-of-writing-takes-exactly-as-long-as-it-needs-to-be-done-right/)

[Norma Fox Mazer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norma-fox-mazer/)

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> [When I'm writing, sometimes it gets to that place where I feel like the piece is writing itself and I'm trying not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-zorn/when-i-m-writing-sometimes-it-gets-to-that-place-where-i-feel-like/)

[John Zorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-zorn/)

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> [Once I've written something it does tend to run away from me. I don't seem to have any part of it -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/once-i-ve-written-something-it-does-tend-to-run-away-from-me-i-don-t/)

[David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/)

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> [“A real piece of writing is one in which the writer has tried to enrich not only the book, but also his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-wiggins/a-real-piece-of-writing-is-one-in-which-the-writer-has-tried-to/)

[Karl Wiggins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-wiggins/)

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