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title: "5 Silence Write Quotes by 5 authors"
description: "Browse 5 Silence Write quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Silence Write sayings and thoughts."
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> [I require silence to write the way an apple tree requires winter to make fruit. Being with people is intimate and joyous,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-hirshfield/i-require-silence-to-write-the-way-an-apple-tree-requires-winter-to/)

[Jane Hirshfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-hirshfield/)

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> [I need complete silence when I write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-bohjalian/i-need-complete-silence-when-i-write/)

[Chris Bohjalian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-bohjalian/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d68/chris-bohjalian-8312_complete_i-need-complete-silence-when-i-write-756_756036.jpg)

> [I am in total silence when I write - I don't even like the sound of the dryer going - I like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adriana-trigiani/i-am-in-total-silence-when-i-write-i-don-t-even-like-the-sound-of-the/)

[Adriana Trigiani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adriana-trigiani/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72b/adriana-trigiani-1792_quiet_i-am-in-total-silence-when-i-write-i-don_814285.png)

> [If I don't already know a song's chord progression, I'll stop writing and try to figure it out. I can occasionally listen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-paul-wilson/if-i-don-t-already-know-a-song-s-chord-progression-i-ll-stop-writing/)

[F. Paul Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-paul-wilson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c52/f-paul-wilson-20460_ambient_if-i-don-t-already-know-a-song-s-chord-p_1858833.jpg)

> [It's a huge Carthusian monastery, stuck down between rocks and sea, where you may imagine me, without white gloves or hair curling,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-chopin/it-s-a-huge-carthusian-monastery-stuck-down-between-rocks-and-sea/)

[Frederic Chopin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-chopin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/149/frederic-chopin-9176_cells_it-s-a-huge-carthusian-monastery-stuck-d_2533602.jpg)

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