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title: "32 Say Writing Quotes by 31 authors"
description: "Browse 32 Say Writing quotes by 31 authors. Discover the best Say Writing sayings and thoughts."
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> [I've said it before, and I'll say it again: writing picture books is an art - the art of word choice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-serle/i-ve-said-it-before-and-i-ll-say-it-again-writing-picture-books-is-an/)

[Rebecca Serle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-serle/)

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> [You have to have something worth saying and then the ability to say it- writing's a double skill, really.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-banks/you-have-to-have-something-worth-saying-and-then-the-ability-to-say/)

[Iain Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-banks/)

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> [When I say writing, O believe me, it is rewriting that I have chiefly in mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-louis-stevenson/when-i-say-writing-o-believe-me-it-is-rewriting-that-i-have-chiefly/)

[Robert Louis Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-louis-stevenson/)

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> [I'd say writing is easier for me now than it once was, but I do less of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-ball/i-d-say-writing-is-easier-for-me-now-than-it-once-was-but-i-do-less/)

[Jesse Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-ball/)

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> [I would say that writing, both the act of writing, and of course reading of other people's work is, for me, supreme…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lipton/i-would-say-that-writing-both-the-act-of-writing-and-of-course/)

[James Lipton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lipton/)

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> [If we had to say what writing is, we would have to define it essentially as an act of courage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-ozick/if-we-had-to-say-what-writing-is-we-would-have-to-define-it/)

[Cynthia Ozick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-ozick/)

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> [“I am writing you from inside a body that used to be yours. Which is to say, I am writing as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ocean-vuong/i-am-writing-you-from-inside-a-body-that-used-to-be-yours-which-is-to/)

[Ocean Vuong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ocean-vuong/)

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> [It's hard to come up with a 'quote' about myself. Perhaps I could say that most of my writing has been concerned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-a-whitney/it-s-hard-to-come-up-with-a-quote-about-myself-perhaps-i-could-say/)

[Phyllis A. Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-a-whitney/)

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> [I can't stand it when people say, "If you're writing a novel, you should read this and that." Because it's like giving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-can-t-stand-it-when-people-say-if-you-re-writing-a-novel-you-should/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [Never say anything in writing that you wouldn't comfortably say in conversation. Be yourself when you write. If you're not a person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/never-say-anything-in-writing-that-you-wouldn-t-comfortably-say-in/)

[William Zinsser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-zinsser/)

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> [It's often about the simple things, isn't it? Painting and photography are first about seeing, they say. Writing is about observing. Technique…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-olsson/it-s-often-about-the-simple-things-isn-t-it-painting-and-photography/)

[Linda Olsson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-olsson/)

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> [I devote most of my day to writing, and try to turn out at least four pages a day. As for what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-gerritsen/i-devote-most-of-my-day-to-writing-and-try-to-turn-out-at-least-four/)

[Tess Gerritsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tess-gerritsen/)

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> [“It's great being a part time writer. If you sell books you're a success. But if you don't sell any then all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-t-knight/it-s-great-being-a-part-time-writer-if-you-sell-books-you-re-a/)

[Aaron T Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-t-knight/)

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> [People say writing is really hard. That's very unfair to those who are doing real jobs. People who work in the fields…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/people-say-writing-is-really-hard-that-s-very-unfair-to-those-who-are/)

[Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/)

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> [The best advice I ever got came from my mother, Estee Lauder: She believed that if you had something good to say,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-lauder/the-best-advice-i-ever-got-came-from-my-mother-estee-lauder-she/)

[Leonard Lauder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-lauder/)

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> [“It’s absolutely essential that a writer know himself, for until he knows his abilities and limitations, his talents and problems, he will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-shields/it-s-absolutely-essential-that-a-writer-know-himself-for-until-he/)

[Charles Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-shields/)

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> [I'm tempted to say, 'Writing treatments is like designing a film by hiring six million monkeys to tear out pages of an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-rossio/i-m-tempted-to-say-writing-treatments-is-like-designing-a-film-by/)

[Terry Rossio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-rossio/)

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> [I think the most important thing is just to write. It sounds so simple, but sometimes it's not. You can get so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-think-the-most-important-thing-is-just-to-write-it-sounds-so-simple/)

[Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/)

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> [“I'm afraid to write. It's so dangerous. Anyone who's tried, knows. The danger of stirring up hidden things - and the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarice-lispector/i-m-afraid-to-write-it-s-so-dangerous-anyone-who-s-tried-knows-the/)

[Clarice Lispector](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarice-lispector/)

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> [The role of the writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say. Most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/the-role-of-the-writer-is-not-to-say-what-we-can-all-say-but-what-we/)

[Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/)

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> [I started writing when I was around 6. I say 'writing,' but it was really just making up stuff! I started writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-hayes/i-started-writing-when-i-was-around-6-i-say-writing-but-it-was-really/)

[Hunter Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-hayes/)

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> [“A man is a fool not to put everything he has, at any given moment, into what he is creating. You're there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/a-man-is-a-fool-not-to-put-everything-he-has-at-any-given-moment-into/)

[Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/)

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> [I often give this metaphor where I say that writing short fiction is like surfing, while writing a novel is like navigating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/i-often-give-this-metaphor-where-i-say-that-writing-short-fiction-is/)

[Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/)

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> [Sometimes I say that writing a novel is the same as constructing a chair: a person must be able to sit in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/sometimes-i-say-that-writing-a-novel-is-the-same-as-constructing-a/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

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> [“But, later, coming back and reading what I have produced, I am unable to detect the difference between what came easily and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/but-later-coming-back-and-reading-what-i-have-produced-i-am-unable-to/)

[Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/)

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> [People always say, "Can writing be taught?" I always think, I can teach you how to write a better sentence, how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-patchett/people-always-say-can-writing-be-taught-i-always-think-i-can-teach/)

[Ann Patchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-patchett/)

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> [It's hard to say when my interest in writing began, or how. My mother read to my sister and me every night,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/it-s-hard-to-say-when-my-interest-in-writing-began-or-how-my-mother/)

[Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/)

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> [I think that's what, to me, also talks about the silences in my work - as a woman, a woman writer, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-geok-lin-lim/i-think-that-s-what-to-me-also-talks-about-the-silences-in-my-work-as/)

[Shirley Geok-lin Lim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-geok-lin-lim/)

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> [“The most important piece of writing advice: Have something to say. Whenever I have trouble writing, it’s because I’m trying to write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/the-most-important-piece-of-writing-advice-have-something-to-say/)

[GRETCHEN RUBIN](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/)

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> [I guess what I'm trying to say is that writing is mysterious; you don't ever truly know where it is coming from,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavi-gevinson/i-guess-what-i-m-trying-to-say-is-that-writing-is-mysterious-you-don/)

[Tavi Gevinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavi-gevinson/)

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> [I always say that, for me, writing a book is like a wacky Greyhound bus trip - I know where I'm starting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/i-always-say-that-for-me-writing-a-book-is-like-a-wacky-greyhound-bus/)

[Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/)

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> [Writing is very cathartic for me. As a teacher, I hear many students say that writing can be painful and exhausting. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesca-lia-block/writing-is-very-cathartic-for-me-as-a-teacher-i-hear-many-students/)

[Francesca Lia Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francesca-lia-block/)

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                        "text": "The role of the writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say. Most of the writing today which is called fiction contains such a poverty of language, such triteness, that it is a shrunken, diminished world we enter, poorer and more formless than the poorest cripple deprived of ears and eyes and tongue. The writer's responsibility is to increase, develop our senses, expand our vision, heighten our awareness and enrich our articulateness.",
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