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title: "18 Start Write Quotes by 17 authors"
description: "Browse 18 Start Write quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Start Write sayings and thoughts."
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> [Pick up my pen and start to write](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/faithless/pick-up-my-pen-and-start-to-write/)

[Faithless](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/faithless/)

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> [I didn't really start to write until I was almost 30, and I started with the short stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/i-didn-t-really-start-to-write-until-i-was-almost-30-and-i-started/)

[Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/)

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> [Every song that I start to write, I wonder if I'll be able to write it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emmylou-harris/every-song-that-i-start-to-write-i-wonder-if-i-ll-be-able-to-write-it/)

[Emmylou Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emmylou-harris/)

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> [When I get an idea, I start to write like I was electrically motivated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-lewis/when-i-get-an-idea-i-start-to-write-like-i-was-electrically-motivated/)

[Jerry Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-lewis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a63/jerry-lewis-3118_get_when-i-get-an-idea-i-start-to-write-like_2339697.jpg)

> [When I start to write something, I suppose I want it to change me, to make me into something not myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamaica-kincaid/when-i-start-to-write-something-i-suppose-i-want-it-to-change-me-to/)

[Jamaica Kincaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamaica-kincaid/)

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> [When I start to write, I don't have any plan at all. I just wait for the story to come.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/when-i-start-to-write-i-don-t-have-any-plan-at-all-i-just-wait-for/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [“Every writing project must be reduced before you start to write.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-knowlton-zinsser/every-writing-project-must-be-reduced-before-you-start-to-write/)

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

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> [Directing is something I've sort of always felt like I'd like to do at one point and I thought the best way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luke-evans/directing-is-something-i-ve-sort-of-always-felt-like-i-d-like-to-do-2/)

[Luke Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luke-evans/)

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> [If you do enough planning before you start to write, there's no way you can have writer's block. I do a complete…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-l-stine/if-you-do-enough-planning-before-you-start-to-write-there-s-no-way/)

[R. L. Stine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-l-stine/)

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> [Remember that, sooner or later, before it ever reaches perfection, you will have to let it go and move on and start…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/remember-that-sooner-or-later-before-it-ever-reaches-perfection-you/)

[Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/)

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> [Directing is something I've sort of always felt like I'd like to do at one point, and I thought the best way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luke-evans/directing-is-something-i-ve-sort-of-always-felt-like-i-d-like-to-do/)

[Luke Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luke-evans/)

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> [When you start to write, things begin to come into focus in a way they don't when you're not writing. It's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/when-you-start-to-write-things-begin-to-come-into-focus-in-a-way-they/)

[David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/)

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> [When I start to write, I see my stories as a kind of movie. For instance, I ask myself, "What kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-andrews/when-i-start-to-write-i-see-my-stories-as-a-kind-of-movie-for/)

[Julie Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-andrews/)

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> [When you finally start to write something, do not let yourself stop...even when you are convinced it's the worst garbage ever. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/when-you-finally-start-to-write-something-do-not-let-yourself-stop/)

[Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/)

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> [You can sort of start to write around 10. You also become a good reader around that time, and you want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-sean-greer/you-can-sort-of-start-to-write-around-10-you-also-become-a-good/)

[Andrew Sean Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-sean-greer/)

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> [The best way is always to stop when you are going good and when you know what will happen next. If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/the-best-way-is-always-to-stop-when-you-are-going-good-and-when-you/)

[Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/)

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> [So many writers live their whole lives in rooms. You can be too civilised in the environment you have around you, too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-osborne/so-many-writers-live-their-whole-lives-in-rooms-you-can-be-too/)

[Lawrence Osborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-osborne/)

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> [“Why did you start to write? I left at 15.. I started to write becase I was taken off a ship from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-selby-jr-2/why-did-you-start-to-write-i-left-at-15-i-started-to-write-becase-i/)

[Hubert Selby Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-selby-jr-2/)

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                        "text": "You can sort of start to write around 10. You also become a good reader around that time, and you want to imitate the thing that you love. I got praise for it, and then I found that it was a great way of translating my life, so I would write little stories and plays and things. At that point, it was kids' books that I was reading.",
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