--- title: "18 Secret Writing Quotes by 17 authors" description: "Browse 18 Secret Writing quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Secret Writing sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/545/charles-bukowski-73_lines_the-secret-is-writing-down-one-simple-li_1920518.jpg" --- > [The secret is writing down one simple line after another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/the-secret-is-writing-down-one-simple-line-after-another/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/545/charles-bukowski-73_lines_the-secret-is-writing-down-one-simple-li_1920518.jpg) > [No one will ever know from what secret I am writing and the fact that I say so changes nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-derrida/no-one-will-ever-know-from-what-secret-i-am-writing-and-the-fact-that/) [Jacques Derrida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-derrida/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/675/jacques-derrida-3948_facts_no-one-will-ever-know-from-what-secret-i_3081388.jpg) > [The secret of writing comedy is to know where it's all going, then get ahead of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-orben/the-secret-of-writing-comedy-is-to-know-where-it-s-all-going-then-get/) [Robert Orben](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-orben/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65a/robert-orben-3864_ahead_the-secret-of-writing-comedy-is-to-know_3074631.jpg) > [Here's the secret of writing: there is no secret.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-fletcher/here-s-the-secret-of-writing-there-is-no-secret/) [Ralph Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-fletcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06b/ralph-fletcher-34579_secret_here-s-the-secret-of-writing-there-is-no_3019197.jpg) > [I don't know what the secret is when I am writing it - it really is a surprise to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/i-don-t-know-what-the-secret-is-when-i-am-writing-it-it-really-is-a/) [Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6b/lee-child-980_secret_i-don-t-know-what-the-secret-is-when-i-a_1408714.jpg) > [Well, the secret to writing is writing. It's only a secret to people who don't want to hear it. Writing is how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/well-the-secret-to-writing-is-writing-it-s-only-a-secret-to-people/) [Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-k-le-guin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d7/ursula-k-le-guin-138_people_well-the-secret-to-writing-is-writing-it_2158767.jpg) > [“Just like so many things in life, the secret to writing a book is just sticking with it. Put in the time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-littorno/just-like-so-many-things-in-life-the-secret-to-writing-a-book-is-just/) [Jeffrey Littorno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-littorno/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9e/jeffrey-littorno-247084_book_just-like-so-many-things-in-life-the-sec_2521247.jpg) > [“Secret to writing a bestseller: You write. You stop dreaming of writing. You stop talking about writing. Stop wishing you were writing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-gunson/secret-to-writing-a-bestseller-you-write-you-stop-dreaming-of-writing/) [Jonathan Gunson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-gunson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a5/jonathan-gunson-250046_bestseller_secret-to-writing-a-bestseller-you-write_2183050.jpg) > [“...the secret to writing is to get your own pain - shout it out till it hurts your throat - weep it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-geddes/the-secret-to-writing-is-to-get-your-own-pain-shout-it-out-till-it/) [John Geddes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-geddes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77a/john-geddes-1052_emotional-pain_the-secret-to-writing-is-to-get-your-own_943466.jpg) > [If there is a secret to writing, I haven’t found it yet. All I know is you need to sit down, clear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcgrory/if-there-is-a-secret-to-writing-i-haven-t-found-it-yet-all-i-know-is/) [Mary McGrory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mcgrory/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de7/mary-mcgrory-28645_clear_if-there-is-a-secret-to-writing-i-haven_2139834.jpg) > [“There's a secret that real writers know that wannabe writers don't, and the secret is this: It's not the writing part that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-pressfield/there-s-a-secret-that-real-writers-know-that-wannabe-writers-don-t/) [Steven Pressfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-pressfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f86/steven-pressfield-696_writing_there-s-a-secret-that-real-writers-know_1516320.jpg) > [“Vātsyāyana’s famous textbook of erotics, the Kāma-sūtra, lists secret writing as one of the 64 arts, or yogas, that women should know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-kahn/v-tsy-yana-s-famous-textbook-of-erotics-the-k-ma-s-tra-lists-secret/) [David Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-kahn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/762/david-kahn-13896_art_v-tsy-yana-s-famous-textbook-of-erotics_980144.jpg) > [I came out with a book called The True Secret of Writing: Connecting Life with Language. It's a book that describes how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-goldberg/i-came-out-with-a-book-called-the-true-secret-of-writing-connecting/) [Natalie Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-goldberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/387/natalie-goldberg-1741_book_i-came-out-with-a-book-called-the-true-s_2939636.png) > [There's no "magic secret"; writing is like everything else; ten percent inspiration or talent, and ninety percent hard work. Persistence; keeping at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-zimmer-bradley/there-s-no-magic-secret-writing-is-like-everything-else-ten-percent/) [Marion Zimmer Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-zimmer-bradley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a8/marion-zimmer-bradley-2906_bored_there-s-no-magic-secret-writing-is-like_2845401.jpg) > [Few persons can be made to believe that it is not quite an easy thing to invent a method of secret writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-allan-poe/few-persons-can-be-made-to-believe-that-it-is-not-quite-an-easy-thing/) [Edgar Allan Poe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-allan-poe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30d/edgar-allan-poe-315_believe_few-persons-can-be-made-to-believe-that_1599467.jpg) > [Is there a secret? Yes. Anaïs Nin and Pauline Réage and Anne Rampling and Erica Jong all knew it. E. L. James…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-j-rose/is-there-a-secret-yes-ana-s-nin-and-pauline-r-age-and-anne-rampling/) [M.J. Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-j-rose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd1/m-j-rose-17898_age_is-there-a-secret-yes-ana-s-nin-and-paul_1162432.png) > [Nu shu means women's writing. And it was a secret writing system that was invented by women, used by women and kept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-see/nu-shu-means-women-s-writing-and-it-was-a-secret-writing-system-that/) [Lisa See](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-see/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d01/lisa-see-2200_anywhere_nu-shu-means-women-s-writing-and-it-was_466151.jpg) > [“From the early days of its existence, cryptology had served to obscure critical portions of writings dealing with the potent subject of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-kahn/from-the-early-days-of-its-existence-cryptology-had-served-to-obscure/) [David Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-kahn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/053/david-kahn-13896_life_from-the-early-days-of-its-existence-cry_1720750.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/secret-writing/#itemlist", "name": "Secret Writing Quotes", 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