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title: "535 Started Writing Quotes by 465 authors"
description: "Browse 535 Started Writing quotes by 465 authors. Discover the best Started Writing sayings and thoughts."
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> [I started writing stories as a child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danielle-steel/i-started-writing-stories-as-a-child/)

[Danielle Steel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danielle-steel/)

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> [I started writing songs as character explorations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-reid/i-started-writing-songs-as-character-explorations/)

[Noah Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noah-reid/)

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> [I started writing as soon as I started reading.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-koryta/i-started-writing-as-soon-as-i-started-reading/)

[Michael Koryta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-koryta/)

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> [I had no idea what to expect when I first started writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-todd/i-had-no-idea-what-to-expect-when-i-first-started-writing/)

[Anna Todd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-todd/)

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> [I started writing songs at 17.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-lambert/i-started-writing-songs-at-17/)

[Miranda Lambert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-lambert/)

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> [I started writing music long after I lost my hearing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mandy-harvey/i-started-writing-music-long-after-i-lost-my-hearing/)

[Mandy Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mandy-harvey/)

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> [I started writing songs at age 15.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vince-clarke/i-started-writing-songs-at-age-15/)

[Vince Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vince-clarke/)

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> [I started writing songs when I started learning guitar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/courtney-barnett/i-started-writing-songs-when-i-started-learning-guitar/)

[Courtney Barnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/courtney-barnett/)

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> [ I would have started writing a lot earlier if I hadn't been \[Arthur Miller's daughter\]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-miller/i-would-have-started-writing-a-lot-earlier-if-i-hadn-t-been-arthur/)

[Rebecca Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-miller/)

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> [I started writing In Darkness out of a frustration of the quality of roles that I was reading in scripts for women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-dormer/i-started-writing-in-darkness-out-of-a-frustration-of-the-quality-of/)

[Natalie Dormer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-dormer/)

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> [I guess I started writing poetry and stuff and then decided to set it to music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-flynn/i-guess-i-started-writing-poetry-and-stuff-and-then-decided-to-set-it/)

[Johnny Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-flynn/)

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> [I recently started writing a rap about suicide awareness like if ud like to hear it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter/i-recently-started-writing-a-rap-about-suicide-awareness-like-if-ud/)

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

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> [I started writing music with my cousin at, like, 16 and traveled with a '70s band.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/verite/i-started-writing-music-with-my-cousin-at-like-16-and-traveled-with-a/)

[Verite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/verite/)

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> [Once I started writing, I realized just how much I really enjoyed it. I was kinda good at it, so I kept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prodigy/once-i-started-writing-i-realized-just-how-much-i-really-enjoyed-it-i/)

[Prodigy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prodigy/)

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> [I started doing music when I was thirteen; I actually started writing my first rhymes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kendrick-lamar/i-started-doing-music-when-i-was-thirteen-i-actually-started-writing/)

[Kendrick Lamar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kendrick-lamar/)

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> [I started writing it, because it was seven years ago. But yes, that is the genesis of why I started writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-dormer/i-started-writing-it-because-it-was-seven-years-ago-but-yes-that-is/)

[Natalie Dormer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-dormer/)

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> [I only started writing in the latter days of Spandau Ballet. I didnt know I could write because all had our roles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-hadley/i-only-started-writing-in-the-latter-days-of-spandau-ballet-i-didnt/)

[Tony Hadley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-hadley/)

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> [When I first started writing lyrics and stuff, I was writing it to garage, and obviously garage kind of progressed to grime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lady-sovereign/when-i-first-started-writing-lyrics-and-stuff-i-was-writing-it-to/)

[Lady Sovereign](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lady-sovereign/)

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> [I just wanted a song to sing, and there came a point where I couldn't sing anything...nobo dy else was writing what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/i-just-wanted-a-song-to-sing-and-there-came-a-point-where-i-couldn-t/)

[Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/)

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> [I started writing at the kitchen table after midnight. It took ten months to finish that first book; I sent it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-started-writing-at-the-kitchen-table-after-midnight-it-took-ten/)

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

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> [When I was around eight, I learned how to touch-type at school, and I received a computer as a present. I started…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabrielle-zevin/when-i-was-around-eight-i-learned-how-to-touch-type-at-school-and-i/)

[Gabrielle Zevin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabrielle-zevin/)

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> [I kind of like the idea of creating my own literature within my albums. I definitely thought about that when I started…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frankie-cosmos/i-kind-of-like-the-idea-of-creating-my-own-literature-within-my/)

[Frankie Cosmos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frankie-cosmos/)

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> [I started out writing poems before I figured to put melodies to them and play the guitar. Somewhere, there's a book out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-nelson/i-started-out-writing-poems-before-i-figured-to-put-melodies-to-them/)

[Willie Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-nelson/)

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> [I don't know why I started writing. I don't know why anybody does it. Maybe they're bored, or failures at something else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/i-don-t-know-why-i-started-writing-i-don-t-know-why-anybody-does-it/)

[Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/)

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> [“I started writing because of a terrible feeling of powerlessness," the novelist Anita Brookner has said. The National Book Award winner Alice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wally-lamb/i-started-writing-because-of-a-terrible-feeling-of-powerlessness-the/)

[Wally Lamb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wally-lamb/)

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> [When I started writing, I used the singing side of the production as a vehicle for melody and lyrical ideas. Eventually, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-ward/when-i-started-writing-i-used-the-singing-side-of-the-production-as-a/)

[M. Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-ward/)

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> [When I first started writing these kind of songs that would eventually become Decemberists songs, I was writing them because I knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-meloy/when-i-first-started-writing-these-kind-of-songs-that-would/)

[Colin Meloy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-meloy/)

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> [When I graduated high school, I bought a guitar and, at first, didn't really think I'd get into the songwriting thing as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-hunt/when-i-graduated-high-school-i-bought-a-guitar-and-at-first-didn-t/)

[Sam Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-hunt/)

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> [It's was all the internet. I started writing songs in high school, right about the time of the onset of Napster. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-colton/it-s-was-all-the-internet-i-started-writing-songs-in-high-school/)

[Graham Colton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-colton/)

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> [And it was about then, about that time, that I began to find life unsatisfactory as an explanation of itself and was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/and-it-was-about-then-about-that-time-that-i-began-to-find-life/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

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> [I started off writing kind of big summer, blockbustery kinds of movies, but at that time, I had no name, nobody knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-leslie-johnson/i-started-off-writing-kind-of-big-summer-blockbustery-kinds-of-movies/)

[David Leslie Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-leslie-johnson/)

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> [By junior high, I was a horrible student. But during my sophomore year of high school, I did have a fabulous English…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-barrett/by-junior-high-i-was-a-horrible-student-but-during-my-sophomore-year/)

[Andrea Barrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-barrett/)

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> [“Pain Fuels My Pen (Sonnet) When I started writing, I had a partner, I had plans to settle in Sofia with her.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhijit-naskar/pain-fuels-my-pen-sonnet-when-i-started-writing-i-had-a-partner-i-had/)

[Abhijit Naskar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhijit-naskar/)

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> [I started to change. It was sort of a restaurant mid-life crisis, you could say. I lost a lot of confidence, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-redzepi/i-started-to-change-it-was-sort-of-a-restaurant-mid-life-crisis-you/)

[Rene Redzepi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-redzepi/)

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> [I've been writing for a long time, since the late '60s. But it hasn't been in the same form. I used to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-ve-been-writing-for-a-long-time-since-the-late-60s-but-it-hasn-t/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [“I often tell people that I’m the biggest self-aware misogynist I know. I was writing a scene last night between a woman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/i-often-tell-people-that-i-m-the-biggest-self-aware-misogynist-i-know/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

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> [ It was tricky \[to write about Israelis\], because everyone has an opinion about the Arab - Israeli conflict, and when I first… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-antopol/it-was-tricky-to-write-about-israelis-because-everyone-has-an-opinion/)

[Molly Antopol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-antopol/)

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> [“When my avocation became my vocation I was set free. Writing, at first, was a hobby that I loved dearly. It turned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/byron-craft/when-my-avocation-became-my-vocation-i-was-set-free-writing-at-first/)

[Byron Craft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/byron-craft/)

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> [My life wasn't always smooth sailing. Two members of my family were diagnosed with cancer, so I spent a lot of time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-tinti/my-life-wasn-t-always-smooth-sailing-two-members-of-my-family-were/)

[Hannah Tinti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-tinti/)

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> [“For Gone Girl, I knew Nick and Amy had to be very believable, so I made ipod playlists for them, and knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/for-gone-girl-i-knew-nick-and-amy-had-to-be-very-believable-so-i-made/)

[Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/)

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## Top authors on Started Writing

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-sedaris-27944.jpg) David Sedaris 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/started-writing/david-sedaris/)

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                        "text": "“I often tell people that I’m the biggest self-aware misogynist I know. I was writing a scene last night between a woman general and the man she helped put on the throne. I started writing in some romantic tension, and realized how lazy that was. There are other kinds of tension. I made a passing reference to sexual slavery, which I had to cut. I nearly had him use a gendered slur against her. I growled at the screen. He wanted to help save her child… no. Her brother? Ok. She was going to betray him. OK. He had some wives who died… ug. No. Close advisors? Friends? Maybe somebody just… left him? Even writing about societies where there is very little sexual violence, or no sexual violence against women, I find myself writing in the same tired tropes and motivations. “Well, this is a bad guy, and I need something traumatic to happen to this heroine, so I’ll have him rape her.” That was an actual thing I did in the first draft of my first book, which features a violent society where women outnumber men 25-1. Because, of course, it’s What You Do.”",
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