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title: "5 Planned Write Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [Had I mentioned to someone around 1795 that I planned to write, anyone with any sense would have told me to write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/enrique-vila-matas/had-i-mentioned-to-someone-around-1795-that-i-planned-to-write-anyone/)

[Enrique Vila-Matas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/enrique-vila-matas/)

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> [Of course I planned to write the Great American Novel; that lasted about a week, at which point I decided I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasmine-cresswell/of-course-i-planned-to-write-the-great-american-novel-that-lasted/)

[Jasmine Cresswell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasmine-cresswell/)

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> [Originally I had planned to write just a couple of children's books and then, return the focus on adult literature. A funny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikki-grimes/originally-i-had-planned-to-write-just-a-couple-of-children-s-books/)

[Nikki Grimes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikki-grimes/)

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> [The novels I planned to write were never going to be funny books about Jews. They were going to be country house…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-jacobson/the-novels-i-planned-to-write-were-never-going-to-be-funny-books/)

[Howard Jacobson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-jacobson/)

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> [I realize that I had always in my heart of hearts planned to write a biography of Marie Antoinette.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonia-fraser/i-realize-that-i-had-always-in-my-heart-of-hearts-planned-to-write-a/)

[Antonia Fraser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonia-fraser/)

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